Gunfire

Four attacks on three homes in Kirkland

By Chelsey St-Pierre
The Suburban

A private residence located on Beaubois Street, near Timberlea Trail in Kirkland, was hit by gunfire for a second time in just a few months last week. Four attacks on three homes on that same street have occurred since late July.

Multiple 911 callers reported shots fired in the neighbourhood at around 11:45 p.m. According to the initial information, the suspect or suspects were in a vehicle when they opened fire at the residence and then fled on Timberlea-Trail. When officers arrived, they discovered bullet impacts on the residence and cartridge casings on the ground. The neighbourhood has an unusual amount of surveillance cameras installed on private homes, particularly those in the vicinity of the three homes that were targeted by attacks since the summer.

The neighbouring home was also investigated for an arson attack on August 12 that occurred three days prior to the first shooting at the same house that was hit last week. A vehicle that was parked in front of a house two doors down was also subject to an arson attack at the end of July.

Montreal police have launched an investigation. Neighbours and potential witnesses were questioned. No injuries were reported. n

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Gunfire at CDN salon where owner was murdered

By Joel Ceausu

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 metres away on Jean Talon was set ablaze in the early hours of 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. n

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