The parents of the 24-year-old young man who was coldly shot in a crowded restaurant in the DIX30 district of Brossard are consoled that a suspect was finally charged on Thursday, following 32 months of investigation.
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“We feel a little relieved. We go to his grave in the cemetery all the time, but we can not do much, “dropped Thursday Joaquim De Souza, father of the victim, Eric Francis De Souza.
Photo taken from the KaneF obituary
Éric Francis De Souza – Murdered
“I am very happy that the individual who did it is being punished, that he was caught. It was not easy. The investigators have done a gigantic job, “added his mother, who prefers to keep his name silent.
The National Organized Crime Suppression Squad arrested Joshua Sarroino, 27, from Laval on Thursday.
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Joshua Sarroino – Accused
The intervention was made by telephone because he had already been imprisoned in Bordeaux, in Montreal, since March, awaiting a trial for possession of firearms.
By videoconference, he was charged with the premeditated murder which occurred on May 10, 2019.
That evening, De Souza was seated with regarding fifteen people in the Sofia pizzeria, on the South Shore, to celebrate the birthday of one of his good friends.
“We discovered that they weren’t all ‘good friends’,” her mother said.
Suddenly, a hooded suspect entered the restaurant and fired a single bullet that hit his target in the head.
He then fled in a car that was set on fire and abandoned not far from there, near Highway 30. A firearm was also found nearby, on the terrace of the Les 3 Brasseurs microbrewery.
“It’s sickening, coward. I have pain and a lot of rage, ”said the lady.
History of fraud
The Sûreté du Québec made the link between the Montrealer and his shooter, because they were the subject of an investigation in a fraud case once morest seniors in the United States.
According to the authorities, the accused played an important role in the “very active” criminal organization at the time.
“He got involved in something. But when he found out what he was in, he left at the end of 2018, ”firmly believes his mother, who wants the accomplices in the murder to be stuck.
She calls her son a good guy who made a mistake. He had a history of assault, threat, mischief and theft. Sarroino has already been convicted of armed assault.
– With Michaël Nguyen
