Reputed Montreal mob boss assassinated | Canada | News | Toronto Sun

Reputed Montreal mob boss assassinated | Canada | News | Toronto Sun: "Nicolo (Nick) Rizzuto Sr., the patriarch of Montreal’s mafia, was shot and killed in his posh north-end Montreal home Wednesday evening in what could be a death blow to the once powerful clan that sat at the top of Canada's mob world for 30 years.
Witnesses tell QMI Agency several shots rang out just before 6 p.m. inside the home in the city's Cartierville borough - a street on which several members of the Rizzuto family own houses. Montreal police confirmed the 86-year-old was struck by bullets around suppertime.
'At around 20 minutes to six an 86-year-old man was in his house got shot at least once,' said police spokesman Daniel Lacoursiere.
'The man was transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead. Our major crimes division (will investigate).'
A wooded area behind the home was roped off and sources tell QMI Agency Rizzuto's assassin set up in the woods and shot him through a window.
Two women were with Rizzuto when he was shot and called 911. They were being treated for shock."