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Domenico Scopelliti and Tomasso Buscetta

Nicolo Rizzuto: Emergency responders had tried to save Zito life but he was pronounced dead on scene, paramedics said, according to Hamilton Spectator. Zito old associates included Nicolo Rizzuto, a murdered Montreal mobster, and Tomasso Buscetta, a former Sicilian Mafia leader who became a turncoat in the 1980s, according to police sources. Domenico Scopelliti, 51, of Toronto, reported to police late Friday to face first-degree murder charges, hours after Zito, 87, was killed in his home on Playfair Ave., near Caledonia Rd. A police officer who specializes in organized crime said Zito was considered to be retired from the underworld. Friday. Police were called to Zito brick ranch-style home shortly after 5 p.m. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.