Gunshots were fired Thursday evening near the Cote-des-Neiges beauty salon where a woman was murdered last summer. Police responding to a 911 call about gunfire near Jean Talon and de la Savane, found a shell casing on the ground and bullet damage to the building where Salon Deauville is located. Last year, 39-year-old salon owner Claudia Iacono was shot to death in her car outside her salon.
The mother of three was married to Anthony Gallo, son of Moreno Gallo, a prominent Montreal organized crime figure who was killed in Mexico in 2013. Reports suggest that Iacono was mistakenly targeted, that the real target has been her husband, and police arrested two men from Ontario who are currently awaiting their trial on first-degree murder charges. The brashness of Iacono’s murder, assassinating a woman not known to have participated in any criminal activities – at point-blank range in broad daylight outside her business, shocked many, including police and other organized crime observers.
Thursday’s gunfire occurred only three days after a salon a few hundred meters away on Jean Talon or set ablaze in the early hours Monday morning. No injuries have been reported in both incidents, and Police have not determined if the two cases are connected. No arrests have been made.
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