Mobster’s killer ditched car just a block away from daylight shooting outside Hamilton home

Angelo Musitano was shot repeatedly at close range while inside his pickup truck shortly after pulling into the driveway of his suburban house

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The gunman who shot and killed well-known Hamilton, Ont., mobster Angelo Musitano on Tuesday ditched the Ford Fusion he drove for the hit just 450 metres away, likely switching into another vehicle for his get-away, police say.

Police believe Musitano, 39, may have been stalked for a week before the shooting.

Investigators released a video clip of what they say is the car used in the daylight shooting. Musitano was shot repeatedly at close range while inside his pickup truck about 4 p.m., shortly after pulling into the driveway of his home in the suburban community of Waterdown.

On Sunday, Hamilton police found the gunman’s car abandoned near the intersection of Fenton Dr. and Braeheid Ave., which is one block — less than a minute’s drive — from Musitano’s house at 14 Chesapeake Dr., police said.

The abandoned car is a four-door 2006 Ford Fusion, burgundy with rusty wheel-rims.

Hamilton Police Service
Hamilton Police Service

Investigators did not say what was the status or condition of the vehicle. Usually cars used in this way are stolen for use in the job. They are often burned afterwards, but it is unlikely this car was set ablaze since it took five days for police to find it.

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Police are asking for anyone who saw the burgundy Ford Fusion on the day of the shooting or in the week prior to contact investigators.

Further, police wish to connect the gunman to the car used to flee the area and ask anyone who may have witnessed a second vehicle in the area or any suspicious circumstances to contact them.

The suspect is described as a white male, stocky or athletic build, wearing a black toque, black jacket, grey pants and black shoes.

Musitano was given a discreet funeral service Friday at St. Mary’s Church, his family’s longtime parish, close to the house he grew up in. His funeral came on what would have been his fifth wedding anniversary, in the same church in which he was married.

“It was very emotional, especially for his wife” said Monsignor Edward Sheridan, who presided over the service, told the National Post last week. “Five years ago she came down the aisle in the same church for her wedding, full of joy and happiness and today, five years later, she was coming down the same aisle behind the casket of her husband.”

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He is the middle son of three born to Mafia boss Dominic Musitano, who forged the family, originally from Calabria, Italy, into one of three Mafia clans that ran Hamilton’s underworld for decades. Dominic Musitano died of natural causes in 1995.

Musitano’s older brother, Pasquale “Pat” Musitano, is believed to have taken leadership of the family after Dominic’s death.

The family appeared to have feared violence prior to the shooting and be concerned it is not over.

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Pat Musitano returned his grey Ferrari California hard-top convertible with orange and beige interior to a leasing agent the day after the shooting, saying he was trying to stay low key, according to a source with knowledge of the transaction.

The car’s return could not be independently verified.

And according to a source in the industry, two months prior Pat Musitano explored the cost and viability of bulletproofing some of the cars he uses day-to-day.

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After Angelo Musitano’s murder, several friends from his Christian men’s group came forward to say he had broken from his criminal past, reconfirmed his life to Jesus Christ and committed himself to living to please God.

Members of the non-denominational Christian men’s group said he attended their weekly Bible study group for about four years.

Excerpts from his testimony of his transformation, published in a collection of Christian stories the day he was murdered, were read at his funeral service.

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