Eddie Melo in 2000 | Gagné later shot another man inside his home during an argument, but the victim survived. Gagné was arrested for the second shooting and decided to become a rat when he learned he was being investigated for Melo’s death. He bought a 15 year non-parole period instead of 25. Melo was Canadian middleweight champion in 1979 and was embraced by Montreal boxing fans. In 1986, a provincial task force revealed Melo had been hired as a driver and bodyguard for Frank Cotroni, the now-deceased leader of a once powerful Mafia clan in Montreal. Melo eventually moved to Ontario and worked as a Mob enforcer. |
