Unbeknownst to Mrs. Russo, also in the restaurant was a notorious Sicilian Mafia figure and prolific drug trafficker who was living illegally in Canada.**********
Gangland rivals of the mobster drove through the restaurant parking lot in a stolen van and opened fire. A bullet severed Mrs. Russo's spine.
FROM THE COMMENTS:
An sordid tale was revealed when one of the perpetrators in the Russo killing was interviewed by police.*
According to the accused, "We never would have thought to use firearms to take out the Don until our instructors at the local Toronto Country Club and Firing Range had told us about the lethality of these weapons."
"I guess until then we would have used the traditional Sicilian baseball bat method to kill him."
