Reputed Montreal crime boss Joseph Di Maulo killed in his driveway north of the city

Canadian Press | Nov 5, 2012 10:25 AM ET
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THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz    Police investigators examine the crime scene where alleged mob boss Joseph Di Maulo was murdered in front of his home Monday, November 5, 2012 in Blainville, Que. north of Montreal. 

 

BLAINVILLE, Que. — A reputed Montreal crime boss has been killed in the Laurentides region, about 50 kilometres northwest of the city.

Quebec provincial police say the body of Joseph “Joe” Di Maulo was found by local authorities around 9 p.m. Sunday in the driveway of a residence in Blainville.

They’re calling it a homicide.

In the 1990s, Montreal police described Di Maulo as one of the city’s leading gangsters.

He was also the brother-in-law of Raynald Desjardins, who is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of the alleged mob boss Salvatore Montagna last year.

Sources say Di Maulo suffered at least two gunshots to the head.