The daughter-in-law of Montreal gangster Moreno Gallo was killed Tuesday in a targeted shooting in the parking lot of a beauty salon, according to Radio-Canada. Multiple sources told Radio-Canada that a gunman fired five shots at Claudia lacono at 4:30 p.m. After waiting to enter the parking lot of her salon, Salon Deauville, in the Côte-des- Neiges neighborhood – Notre-Dame- de-Grâce.

When they arrived, they found a woman in her car with gunshot wounds, Montreal police said. “Her vehicle was traveling and crashed into a building when the bullet hit the victim,” said Montreal Police Department spokeswoman Sabrina Gautier.

Witnesses told police the suspect fled on foot after opening fire, police said. Police would not confirm the victim’s age or identity. Gao Jie said the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. lacono is the wife of Anthony Gallo, the son of Moreno Gallo, who was killed in Mexico in 2013.

According to Radio-Canada sources, lacono was not involved in any criminal activity. André Gélinas, a retired police officer with the Montreal Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Unit (SPVM), said wives are rarely targeted by the mafia. “One thing is for sure, we just crossed the line by killing spouses.

Now criminal organizations will cross thatline,” he said. “It just sends amessage that no one is untouchable. Not even mafia wives.” CBC sources said SPVM police met with lacono in early 2015 after her salon was the target of a Molotov cocktail attack.

The Salon car park is located near the intersection of Rue Jean-Talon and Rue de la Savane in an area known as the “Triangle”. Radio-Canada reported that the attack was a message to her husband, Anthony Gallo, and brother- in-law Moreno Gallo, Jr, who were involved in organized crime. Police have not made any arrestS and are speaking to other witnesses.