A former Montreal police investigator warns that more violence could follow this week’s shooting at a Starbucks north of the city, as the victim was formally identified as an organized crime figure.
Charalambos Theologou, 40, died in the mid-morning shooting at a commercial plaza in Laval, Que. that also left two other people wounded, Quebec’s coroner’s office confirmed Friday.
Laval’s police chief described him earlier in the week as a person connected to organized crime, and parole board records show a criminal past that includes drug trafficking, weapons possession and conspiracy.
Pietro Poletti, a former lieutenant detective with the Montreal police, says street-level organized crime today is marked by easy access to guns and the lack of a single leader imposing rules….