MURDER

Suspect charged in murder of Lachine woman

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By Chelsey St-Pierre
The Suburban

The Montreal Police (SPVM) Major Crimes Section arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a 64-year-old woman that occurred in a Lachine home on July 29.

The victim‘s death was initially considered suspicious by authorities. The investigation concluded that it was a murder. A 28-year-old suspect was apprehended last week at his home located in LaSalle.

The suspect was arraigned at the Montreal courthouse and charged with first-degree murder. He will remain detained until the next steps of the legal proceedings against him.

On July 29, 2024, at around 7:45 p.m., SPVM patrol officers responded to a 911 call alerting them to visit the victim’s apartment located on 32nd Avenue, near Victoria Street, in Lachine. Upon arrival, the officers discovered the lifeless body of a 64-year-old woman. Shortly after, medical technicians confirmed the death of the woman. A security perimeter was immediately established and investigators from the Major Crimes Section were dispatched to the scene as her death appeared to be suspicious.

This was the 21st homicide of 2024 in the Greater Montreal Area (GMA). n

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Gunfire at CDN salon where owner was murdered

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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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