"The brazen daylight killing of a prominent Quebec gang leader inside a suburban Starbucks in the outskirts of Montreal this week could signal a new, more chaotic and brash environment when it comes to organised crime, observers say. The arrests of alleged senior, older members of Montreal's mafia in June has potentially left a chasm meaning newer, younger gangs are attempting to gain a foothold."
"Surveillance footage obtained by Radio-Canada shows two men entering the Starbucks and then exiting quickly after the shooting. Theologou was first connected officially to criminal activity in 2005 when police in Montreal arrested him and six others in a drug trafficking investigation, according to the Montreal newspaper the Gazette. He ended up pleading guilty on drug-related charges and was sentenced to two years in prison."
A daytime shooting at a Starbucks in Laval, a Montreal suburb, killed one man and injured two others around 10:30am. Police responded after reports of a shooting and said the incident appears linked to organised crime. Multiple media outlets identified the slain man as Charalambos Theologou, 40, known as Bobby the Greek, leader of the Chomedey Greeks. Surveillance footage shows two men entering and leaving quickly. Theologou had prior drug-trafficking arrests in 2005 and 2009, with prison terms of two and five years. Recent arrests of older mafia figures may have created space for younger gangs to expand.
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