MONTREAL -- Montreal police are investigating a possible Mafia-related killing in the city's northeast sector.

Several local media reported that the man shot dead in a city bistro Monday was connected to organized crime.

Around 1 p.m. two masked suspects entered a bar called Bistro XO+ and opened fire.

The two masked assailants fled after the murder.

The victim was dead when emergency workers arrived.

Police erected a large security perimeter around the crime scene.