Samuel Jordain Cody

By Dan Laxer
The Suburban

Montreal police have made three arrests in connection with the shooting death of a man in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce last February.

Jean-David Isme, 55, was gunned down last February 2 at the corner of St. Jacques and Beaconsfield. As reported in The Suburban at the time, police said they had received 911 calls around 11:45 that night. The murder occurred on a Sunday night. Police had the area roped off through to the following Monday evening. Residents were initially not allowed out of their homes, or to exit through the back doors of their buildings.

The three men arrested – one of whom is connected with the Blood Family Mafia street gang – are 26-year-old Bryan Moreau-Gignac of Montreal, 22-year-old Dariush Kabirinaeini of Pierrefonds, and 35-year-old Samuel Jordain Cody of Quebec City.

Police say search warrants were issued in Montreal and Laval, and in Quebec City and Baie Comeau.

The three men were arrested last Thursday, April 10, and were charged the next day with first-degree murder. As they were all detained in three different places, they appeared via videoconference before Quebec Court Justice Marie Kettlyne Ruben.

Isme was known to police, with past criminal charges including possession of a loaded weapon and cannabis possession with intent to traffic. He pleaded guilty to both in 2022.

Isme’s death was the city’s third homicide of the year.

He was the uncle of a known gang member, Andrew Luberisse, known as “Ali Baba,” a member of the Profit Boyz. Last December he was found murdered in his cell at the Rivière des Prairies Detention Centre. n