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Who is this wanted shooter in Ontario and Quebec?

Éric Thibault | Montreal Newspaper | Published on 15 février 2019 à 04:28 February 15, 2019 at 04:28 - Update à 04:31 at 04:31

Photo Courtesy, Hamilton Police

On January 30th, on a surveillance camera, we see the suspect approaching the victim's residence with a hand inside his coat, which is presumably holding a firearm. courtesy, Hamilton Police

Photo Courtesy, Hamilton Police On January 30th, on a surveillance camera, we see the suspect approaching the victim's residence with a hand inside his coat, which is presumably holding a firearm.

The hitman wanted for murdering the nephew of a former Montreal mafia boss two weeks ago in Ontario may well be a Quebecker.

This is the hypothesis envisaged by the Hamilton police, who has just released images of the gunman suspected of the murder of Cece Luppino, hoping that the public will be able to identify him and help stop him.

"It is certainly in the realm of possibility that the suspect lives in Quebec. This is one of the avenues we are exploring, "confirmed Detective Sergeant Peter Thom, who conducts three homicide investigations in Hamilton with a potential Quebec connection.

Cece Luppino, 43, was shot dead at his home in the middle of the afternoon of 30 January. Surveillance cameras from his home filmed the man who killed him.

We can see the suspect approaching the house with his right hand inside his coat, presumably holding a firearm.

Luppino worked in the real estate field and did not have a criminal record. His grandfather Giacomo and his father Rocco, however, were notorious Mafiosi in the 'Ndrangheta, the Calabrian mafia, present in Ontario.

He was also the nephew of Paolo Violi, the last sponsor of the Montreal Mafia who was shot dead on January 22, 1978, near the Reggio Bar in Saint-Léonard.

The end of Calabria
The murder of Violi - who succeeded Vic Cotroni, jailed for contempt of court after his testimony at the Commission of Inquiry into Organized Crime (CECO) - ended the reign of the Calabrians at the head of the Italian mafia, for the benefit of the Rizzuto clan.

In 2018, the brothers Domenico and Giuseppe Violi, cousins ​​of Cece Luppino, were sentenced to long prison terms for being involved in a trafficking network of cocaine and fentanyl.

The murder of Luppino is the third in two years to be linked to the mafia in Hamilton. The police wonder if these killings are all part of a power struggle in which organized crime in Quebec could be involved.

On May 2, 2017, suspects aboard a car registered in Quebec murdered Angelo Musitano, whose family was an ally of the Rizzuto clan.

Then, September 6, 2018, it was the turn of another Mafioso, Albert Iavarone, to undergo the same fate.

Antonio's brother Antonio (Tony) Iavarone did not fail to draw the attention of the police on December 1, since he was one of 270 guests at the sumptuous wedding of influential Hells Angel Martin Robert in downtown Montreal.

Any information about the wanted suspect can be directed to Hamilton Police at 905-546-4863 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or by email at www.crimestoppershamilton.com