Former construction contractor Tony Accurso maintains that he has no connection to the shots fired near his house on the night of Monday to Tuesday in Deux-Montagnes.
Posted at 6:00 a.m.
The 70-year-old contacted The Pressfurious, to denounce what he claims to be an erroneous association between the event and the proximity of his property, reported in the media.
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Tony Accurso, in January 2021
“Leave me alone. The fact that we live on the same street does not ensure that we are connected, he said during a telephone conversation on Thursday afternoon. There’s no indication that I’m related to this. »
According to Deux-Montagnes police spokesman Jean-Philippe Labbé, numerous shots were fired at a residence located two houses from Tony Accurso’s property, on 15e Avenue, which leads to a cul-de-sac. This property is itself next to the house of one of the sons of the former construction magnate.
Bullets were fired at two vehicles parked in the driveway of the property in question, as well as at the front of the residence. The police found shell casings on the ground, which they had analyzed. The house was bought last May by an uneventful family, new to Deux-Montagnes, explains Mr. Labbé.
“Nothing leads us to believe that it is linked to Mr. Accurso or his son and his family,” he said. The police met with residents of the area, including the son of Tony Accurso, looking for witnesses to the scene, which occurred around 4 a.m.
On the phone, Tony Accurso asks “that the SQ get in there and do a real investigation. I don’t want people to feel unsafe.”
Criminal fire
In July, moreover, a vehicle parked in the entrance of the residence of the son of Tony Accurso had been set on fire. Deux-Montagnes police believe it was arson. According to Tony Accurso, it was the white car of his son’s wife, and he believes that it was confused with another white vehicle in the neighborhood.
In July 2018, Tony Accurso was sentenced to four years in prison following a major corruption case in Laval. The man was released last June pending the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision whether or not to hear his case on appeal, in the coming months. The judge who freed him found that Tony Accurso did not pose a risk to public safety.