The gangster is reported to be in a life-threatening condition after being shot on Thursday morning
Hamilton mob boss Pasquale ‘Pat’ Musitano was reportedly shot in Mississauga, Ont., on Thursday morning, with police called just after 7 a.m. to an area near Hurontario Street and Matheson Boulevard East. Peel Regional Police say an injured man was found with what appeared to be gunshot wounds, and was sent to a trauma centre where he is in a life-threatening condition.
Musitano is the presumed boss of a Hamilton crime family originally hailing from Calabria, Italy. Their specialities include gambling, extortion and racketeering. Pat and his younger brother Angelo famously served prison time after being charged in the May 1997 Hamilton killing of Mafia don John “Johnny Pops” Papalia, shot dead outside his vending machine business.Hitman Ken Murdock said Pat and Angelo tasked him with eliminating Papalia and his underling Carmen Barillaro, killed months later. The Musitanos pleaded guilty in 2000 to conspiring to kill Barillaro. The Papalia charge was dropped, and the brothers were eventually freed in 2006.
In June 2017, the ground floor of his home was repeatedly shot at in the middle of the night. Police believed the attack, in which no one was injured, was targeted.
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