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While calling the reckless nature in which Salvatore Scoppa, a man with close ties to the Montreal Mafia, was recently murdered “unacceptable,” the head of the Laval police has announced the creation of a special task force that will target organized crime in that city.

Through a release issued Friday, Laval police chief Pierre Brochet announced the creation of Project Répercussion, a special squad that will be composed of investigators from the Laval police, the Sûreté du Québec and the RCMP.

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“We won’t hesitate to double our efforts to maintain, at all costs, the safety of our citizens,” Brochet stated in the release, which the Laval police requested be kept under embargo until Monday.

Scoppa, the brother of Andrea (Andrew) Scoppa, 55, a man who has been alleged to be the leader of a Calabrian branch of the Montreal Mafia, was killed after 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 4 at the Sheraton Hotel in Laval, reportedly at a reception to celebrate his son’s confirmation. A gunman fired several shots while many innocent people, including children, were standing nearby. According to the Laval police, several shots were fired inside the hotel where “hundreds of people were present, including children. Many among them believed there was an active shooter (going through the hotel) and were very affected by this event.”