A man was shot dead in Laval early last night. According to our information, the victim is Marc Issa El-Khouri, a person who has already been arrested and accused of the murder of a Hells Angels in March 2019 in Ontario.
Published at 7:07 am. Updated at 8:25 a.m
El-Khoury, 30, of Montreal, was with other people at a private party in a reception room on Boulevard Saint-Martin Est when a masked gunman who emerged from behind a bush approached him and allegedly shot him before fleeing .
According to our information, friends of the victim tried to help her, but a Laval police patrol car arrived at the scene. Patrol officers reportedly performed resuscitation maneuvers on El-Khouri to no avail.
At approximately 1:20 a.m., a burned vehicle was reported on Dufesne Street, near Lalonde Avenue, in the Ville-Marie neighborhood of Montreal, and it cannot be ruled out that this find is related to the murder of ‘El-Khouri could have.
Since this attack was linked to organized crime, the investigation was transferred to the Sûreté du Québec.
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According to Quebec filings, El-Khouri was acquitted in a 2015 failure to comply with conditions case.
Killed in front of the police
Four years ago, Marc Issa El-Khouri and three others, all Montrealers, Marckens Vilme, Joseph Pallotta and Brandon Reyes, were arrested in connection with the murder of 32-year-old Michael Deabaitua-Schulde of the Niagara Hells Angels and left with one Ball murdered a gym on March 11, 2019 in Mississauga, Ontario.
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Michael Deabaitua-Schulde was shot and killed in March 2019 in Mississauga, Ontario.
According to our information, Michael Deabaitua-Schulde was involved in illegal sports betting in the neighboring province, where at the time there was a conflict between groups over this lucrative crime.
The cyclist was also the subject of an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigation and was under surveillance in full view of police at the time of his murder. They then quickly arrested the suspects with the assistance of major crimes investigators from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM).
After a jury trial in Brampton, Ontario, after two days of deliberations, Vilme, Reyes and Pallotta were found guilty of the biker’s first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison, while Marc Issa El-Khoury was acquitted.
According to evidence presented in court, Vilme and Reyes were the shooters, while Pallotta and El-Khoury allegedly drove the vehicles, one of which was set on fire.
According to our information, Vilme grew up in the Ruffriders’ circle, a blue street gang that was involved in drug trafficking and violence in Pierrefonds and the west of the island of Montreal.
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