MONTREAL – Police sources have confirmed that the victim of a shooting on St. Laurent Blvd. Monday morning is a man with known ties to the Mafia in Montreal.
Giuseppe Fetta, 33, was taken to a hospital after having been shot at around 10:10 a.m. on St. Laurent Blvd. between Sauriol and Fleury Sts. The victim, who was shot at least once, was beside a car when the shooter came up on foot. After firing off the shots, the man ran off.
It is not known at this time what the severity of his injuries are, Montreal police Constable Anie Lemieux said.
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Two police sources confirmed the injured man is Fetta, a man who in the past has been tied to Francesco Del Balso, a young leader in the Mafia currently serving a lengthy prison term after pleading guilty to taking part in several conspiracies investigated during Project Colisée.
Fetta was included among the many people arrested in Project Colisée in 2006 but only for a minor offence, relative to the other charges produced by the lengthy investigation.
In 2008, he pleaded guilty to possession of a prohibited firearm and committing an offence for a criminal organization. He received a suspended sentence. The charges involved a part of the Colisée investigation that targeted Del Balso.
Police obtained video footage of Fetta and two other men as they handled firearms, on Sept. 4, 2006, inside a garage used to store cars. The garage was located on St. Laurent Blvd., near Sauriol St., close to where Fetta was shot on Monday.
When police raided the garage, on September 12, 2006, they found two semi-automatic rifles, a semi-automatic pistol, two bulletproof vests and ammunition.
The crime scene has been taped off while police gather information and interview witnesses, Lemieux said, so this is an area to avoid if you are driving.
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