Three alleged accomplices of Frederick Silva arrested
Three alleged accomplices of an individual whom the police consider a hitman, Frederick Silva, were arrested yesterday by investigators of the Major Crimes of the Police Department of the City of Montreal (SPVM).
The police force announced the arrest of three individuals this morning by way of press release, but did not give further details about the alleged acts. According to our information, the three men, or some of them, would have facilitated the Silva run, which lasted almost two years.
It is unclear whether the arrested suspects were released pending further investigation, or whether they will appear this afternoon at the courthouse in Montreal.
Silva was arrested last February by members of the SPVM's tactical intervention group (GTI) as he was walking a small dog near the condo where he was holed up in the Griffintown area near Old Montreal.
His run began in May 2017 when police suspected him of killing a client at a bar in downtown Montreal after an altercation.
Silva also reportedly tried to kill the mafioso Salvatore Scoppa in February 2017 in Terrebonne.
Frederick Silva is accused of both crimes, but also the murder of a 31-year-old Lavalman, Alessandro Vinci, in October 2018.
The police, however, suspect Silva of having committed a dozen murders, in particular that of Sebastien Beauchamp, a close friend of the bikers killed in broad daylight, in a busy crossroads of the district Saint-Leonard last December.
The investigation into the alleged crimes committed by Silva continues. It is led by the members of the Unsolved Major Crimes Section of the SPVM. Other arrests could follow.
Three arrested as Montreal police investigate suspected hitman
