Two men sentenced to 18 years after killing of daughter-in-law of Montreal Mafia figure

Claudia Iacono, the daughter-in-law of mobster Moreno Gallo, was fatally shot while driving her car in a Montreal parking lot on May 16, 2023. (Instagram)

Two men have been sentenced to 18 years in prison following the shooting death of the daughter-in-law of a Montreal Mafia figure in 2023 in a case of mistaken identity.

Kalial Nesfield, 28, and Tyranne Andrew Greenidge, 32, were initially charged with first-degree murder but the charges were dropped in exchange for a guilty plea on a new charge of conspiracy.

The victim was 39-year-old Claudia Iacono, the daughter-in-law of the late Montreal Mafia associate, Moreno Gallo. She was gunned down in her vehicle outside the Salon Deauville Coiffure Spa in the city’s Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough on May 16, 2023.

According to an agreed statement of facts, the intended target of the killing was Iacono’s husband, Antonio Gallo.

The court document outlines the steps taken by the two men in the days leading up to the killing. On April 27, 2023, Nedfield wrote to Greenidge asking him to come to Montreal and to bring a “youth” with him to complete a job.

Greenidge took a photo of a handwritten note, which was entered into evidence, with details of the hit job, including a description of Gallo’s white Mercedes C300, his work address, and the times he usually returns home from work.

On May 12, the two co-conspirators stole a white Honda Civic that “they [intended] to use to commit the murder of Antonio Gallo,” according to the agreed statement of facts.

The document says the prosecution also showed proof that Greenidge and the shooter coordinated the murder of the targeted individual over the encrypted messaging application Signal.

Video footage from a nearby camera captured the moment Iacono was fatally shot. It shows her running to her Genesis GV80 and then backing up from a parking space as the white Honda Civic approaches.

The shooter is seen exiting the car and approaching the driver side window of the Genesis and opening fire. Nine gunshots were fired, four of which struck Iacono.

An autopsy revealed three of the gunshots were fatal and the cause of death was gunshot wounds to the chest.

Both men were credited for time already spent in jail while awaiting their trial. That means that Greenidge will serve 14 years in prison, while Nesfield will serve 16 years behind bars.

Both men were also handed a lifetime weapons prohibition and required to submit a sample of their DNA.

Two other people have been charged in connection with Iacono’s death and are awaiting trial.