Del Balso shot at in Laval
Francesco Del Balso, of the old Rizzuto gang, was shot at Monday in his car in Laval, but escaped injury despite at least six bullets having hit the vehicle. There’s been no arrest.
Del Balso has dodged fate before. Daniel Renaud also reported that he broke parole conditions in 2018 to go to a Little Italy café because he wanted a good espresso.
Guys like this, I don’t get it. Wouldn’t the smart thing be to lose a few pounds, maybe buy a wig, and go live somewhere else for awhile? Why do these gangsters who know someone’s after them go on hanging around their old haunts till they get plugged?
Blork 10:47 on 2022-11-08 Permalink
One word: bravado. Anything else makes you a chicken.
walkerp 12:41 on 2022-11-08 Permalink
It’s the world they know. Hard to give it all up, especially when you may be at just as much risk in some other city.
dwgs 10:36 on 2022-11-09 Permalink
I always wondered the same thing about Tony Magi. Shot once, kidnapped once, had his car shot up when his wife was driving it, had a guy arrested near his home who was armed, yet still lived in the family home for years (albeit with a private security guard parked out front 24/7) until he was shot to death a 5 minute drive from his home at a construction site. He must have known it was coming eventually, why not sell everything and go live somewhere warm?
Kate 14:46 on 2022-11-09 Permalink
dwgs, exactly. If you can afford 24/7 security, surely you can afford to go live in South America instead. If your enemies are gunning for you in NDG or Laval they won’t be looking for you in Santiago or Bogota.
Blork 18:38 on 2022-11-09 Permalink
People who choose to live the organized crime lifestyle tend to have big egos and to be somewhat narcissistic. They are also somewhat social, but in a very exclusive way; as in, they are very social within their select group of similar characters. They don’t tend to be introspective or loners.
Going to live in South America, where they have no “business friends,” no fawning acquaintances, no un-made juniors looking up to them, nobody afraid of them, (etc.) probably seems worse than being dead. People who choose that life know that they’re always walking a fine line, and that’s what gives them energy. It’s very unusual to see such characters simply retire or fade away. They need the thrill of the danger.
(They’re not ALL like that obviously, but let’s just say that’s typical of the ones in the upper levels.)
Napoleon hill 21:31 on 2022-11-13 Permalink
It’s an organize crime not a gang