Suspects who killed an organized crime relative in a crowded Laval restaurant in June showed recklessness, allegedly killing a second man days later when the heat was already on them.
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“They know how to shoot, but they don’t know how to protect themselves,” he said Register A source familiar with the subject.
Tafari Bezabeh, 19, and Jalen Joel Campbell Brown, 21, have been on the crosshairs of Sûreté du Québec Crimes Against Person investigators for months. However, the latter had to wait for formal identification before submitting their file to the Directorate of Criminal and Penal Cases (DPCP). It was finally completed earlier this week.
The two Ontario youths were arrested on Tuesday and appeared in Laval court the next day. They are charged with the premeditated murder of Bernard Serban, head of a Lebanese organized crime group.
There is no other way
Both are suspected to have murdered a 42-year-old man on the 1stR Last June, while having soup at La perle vietnamienne restaurant in Laval. A survivor of the 2015 assassination attempt, luckily not this time, was shot in the head.
Our sources reveal that several surveillance cameras captured the defendants before, during and after the murder of a relative of killer Frederick Silva. Pictures are included among dozens of testimonials from customers who have sat down at this family restaurant.
Following the assassination, likely committed on behalf of a street gang, information led investigators to Toronto. So they sent a complete explanation sheet to the police department so they could keep an eye.
“You take your hole”
Unexpectedly, the same two suspects were arrested a month later for their involvement in a mass shooting in the Queen City where seven people, including two teenagers, were injured. A 24-year-old man also died.
Toronto police quickly made contact with the incident in Laval and notified the SQ.
“When you’re killing, especially in a crowded place like that restaurant, you can say you’re taking your shot. You suspect the heat might be on you. Others, however, did the opposite,” says the source.
Their arrests are in addition to the arrest of 25-year-old Ontario girl Britney Lewis days after Bernard Serfan was murdered in Pickering, Ontario. He faces charges of premeditated murder and conspiracy.
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