Montreal Mafioso Who Chose Against Rizzuto Family Shot Dead
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| Montreal police on the scene of the shooting. |
Police sources have confirmed that the city’s latest homicide was Tonino Callocchia, 53, a man who survived an attempt on his life in February 2013 and has been described in past parole decisions as “an active member of the Italian Mafia.”
He was shot in an eatery by two masked assailants.
Callocchia chose to side against the Rizzuto organization while its now deceased leader, Vito Rizzuto, was imprisoned in the U.S. The Rizzuto family may be responding to last week's arson attack on a restaurant closely linked to the former Montreal Mafia chieftain who died of cancer last December after igniting a Mafia war when a rival faction rose up to claim the lives of his father and son, among others. So far, around 41 have been killed, according to widely published estimates.
"Callocchia was pronounced dead at the scene of the Monday afternoon shooting at Bistro XO Plus on Henri-Bourassa Blvd. E. near the corner of LJ-Forget Ave.
"Callocchia spent most of the 1990s behind bars serving a 21-year aggregate sentence for a series of drug-related offences and money laundering. Last month, a judge at the Montreal courthouse fixed a date in September 2015 for a hearing in a case where Callocchia was charged with extortion."