Laval, Quebec – Quebec provincial police say a man with reported high-level ties to organized crime has been shot dead north of Montreal.
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Spokesman Jason Allard says a 67-year-old man was shot one or more times in his car around 8:30 a.m. in Laval.
Allard says police have reason to believe the victim was tied to organized crime but adds that the coroner still has to confirm his identity.
The man was pronounced dead after being hospitalized.
Local media have identified the death person as high-ranking Mafia Rocco Sollecito.