A 32-year-old man from Mascouche, in Lanaudière, was arrested on Friday night in connection with the attempted murder of an alleged organized crime figure last month on Highway 440 West, in Laval.
At daybreak on Friday, the police officers of the National Organized Crime Repression Squad (ENRCO), who arrested the suspect, had not yet provided details on the circumstances of this operation.
On March 15, around 4:30 p.m., the victim was traveling in his black Mercedes vehicle, near exit 17 giving access to Highway 13.
According to information transmitted by several media, which have not yet been confirmed by the authorities, this victim was Leonardo Rizzuto, the son of the former alleged godfather of the Italian mafia in Montreal, Vito Rizzuto.
According to the police, the occupant of a black Porsche Macan vehicle allegedly fired several times at the victim’s car. The investigation then revealed that a second vehicle, a red Porsche Macan, could also have been linked to this attempted murder.
The driver of the Mercedes took Highway 13 southbound and drove to the parking lot of a funeral complex in the Sainte-Dorothée district. He had his life saved.
Gunshot marks were very apparent on his vehicle.
On April 25, the National Organized Crime Squad and police officers from the Major Crimes Investigation Division of the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) established a mobile command post on boulevard des Laurentides, in Laval, near the intersection of boulevard Saint-Elzéar. It appears that the victim was seen in an establishment in this area shortly before the attack on the highway.