Leonardo Rizzuto injured in Laval shooting

Leonardo Rizzuto, the youngest son of the late reputed Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto, was injured in a shooting in Laval Wednesday afternoon. A police source confirmed that Rizzuto, 53, was shot in the leg while inside a vehicle. Around 4:40 p.m., he was driving a black Mercedes on Highway 440, near Highway 13 in Laval, when someone from another moving vehicle shot at his car.

Leonardo Rizzuto, the youngest son of the late reputed Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto, was injured in a shooting on a Laval highway in broad daylight on Wednesday. 

A police source confirmed to Noovo Info that Rizzuto, 53, was shot in the leg while inside a vehicle. Around 4:40 p.m., he was driving a black Mercedes on Highway 440, near Highway 13 in Laval, when someone from another moving vehicle shot at his car.

He managed to drive off the highway and park his car in the parking lot of the Yves Légaré Funeral Complex, near rue Principale. 

A black Mercedes remained at the scene Wednesday evening. Most of the bullet holes were on or near the front driver-side window. The tires of the vehicle were also punctured.

Rizzuto's older brother, Nicolo Rizzuto Jr., was assassinated in a shooting in Montreal's Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood in 2009. The following year, his grandfather, Nicolo Sr., was shot in his home by a sniper.

Early Wednesday evening, a spokesperson for Laval police told CTV News the shooting investigation had been turned over to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ).