Another player in the Montreal organized crime world has met an early demise. The latest victim has been id'd as 69-year-old Gaétan Gosselin, is the the brother-in-law of Raynald Desjardins apparently. More below...

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MONTREAL - A man was gunned down Tuesday near Langelier Blvd., at the intersection of Jean Tavernier and Pierre Gaulin Sts., as he was getting out of his car.

One or more men approached the victim, a man in his late 60s, at about 6:15 p.m. and fled after allegedly firing at him. He was shot in the upper body.

While police wouldn’t say if the homicide had an underworld connection, La Presse reported on Tuesday night that the victim was the brother-in-law and associate of Raynald Desjardins, the former right-hand man of reputed mob boss Vito Rizzuto. The newspaper reported it was Gaétan Gosselin, 69, who was almost home when he was gunned down.

Two men were later arrested in on Brunet Ave. in Montreal North in connection with the incident, according to Montreal police. Investigators were still trying to link them to the murder on Tuesday night.

It was the fifth homicide in Montreal this year.

Neighbours heard the shots and called 911. The man was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.

Desjardins fought a subpoena sent to him by the Charbonneau Commission last fall. He is expected to take the stand soon.

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