The 69-year-old man injured in an attempted murder Wednesday afternoon in Montreal's Rivière-des-Prairies neighborhood is Serafino Oliverio, aka Sergio Lopez.
The City of Montreal Police Department has let it be known that the life of the 60-year-old, who was allegedly injured in the legs, is out of danger. He is currently lying in hospital, surrounded by relatives. A call was made to 911 around 4:30 p.m. for gunshots heard on Boulevard Gouin Est, near Avenue Paul-Dufault. Upon their arrival at the scene, the police located "several cartridge cases" as well as a bullet impact on one of the vehicles parked on Boulevard Gouin Est, the SPVM said. A man then presented to a hospital with gunshot wounds to his upper body. Investigators and forensic identification technicians were dispatched to analyze the scene. A perimeter has been set up on the premises. Serafino Oliverio is considered by the police to be the leader of a Montreal mafia clan with a strong presence in north Montreal, where its members own several bars and other businesses.
The Lopez-Oliverio clan has always conducted its affairs discreetly before the spotlight of the Sûreté du Québec investigators was shone on it during the Magot-Mastiff investigation, between 2013 and 2015.
Three brothers, Franco, Giuseppe and Pasquale Lopez, considered to be the nephews of Serafino Oliverio, have been accused of supplying cocaine to a trafficker in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighborhood when he was out of stock during the investigation. But they later benefited from a stay of proceedings. Serafino Oliverio does not have a criminal record.
