Del Balso killed in Dorval
Noted mob figure Francesco Del Balso was shot and killed on Monday afternoon. The hit happened at the Monster Gym on the 40, somewhere between DDO and Dorval.
Del Balso was also shot at in November but was unhurt. CTV also reminds us of the time he tried to extort money from a church.
No arrests have been made yet. Del Balso was 53.
Minor update: On Monday the anglo media said it happened in Dorval whereas franco media said DDO. On the map it looked like Dorval, and Tuesday, everyone says Dorval.
Blork 18:28 on 2023-06-05 Permalink
Wasn’t he busted at the airport just a few months ago, trying to leave the country right after another hit on someone? (I think he was detained as a suspect, or something like that…)
Kate 18:34 on 2023-06-05 Permalink
Yes, he was stopped at the airport at the end of March. This item mentions both a drug raid and that he was under suspicion of involvement in the shots taken at Leonardo Rizzuto a couple of weeks earlier. When stopped, he was holding a one‑way ticket to Italy and it’s a fair guess he knew he’d made the city too hot to hold him.
shawn 08:25 on 2023-06-06 Permalink
Wow, that’s right behind the Galerie des Sources (old West Island Mall). Close to Sunnybrooke which has seen too much violence of its own.