The SQ and the SPVM are monitoring a man who would agitate the criminal community
The majority of conflicts which have resulted in shootings in public have originated on social networks over the past three years, recall the police.
The year 2024 could begin with an escalation of violence within the criminal environment, police officers fear. At the source of several provocations, a well-known criminal would have attracted the attention of investigators from the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) and the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) because he now claims the status of “godfather street gangs” that Gregory Woolley occupied before being shot and killed.
Identified as Ahna Otna by our sources in the criminal investigations of theSPVMand someS.Q., he quickly attracted attention with his Snapchat account by multiplying inflammatory statements about the murder of Gregory Woolley, which occurred in front of the latter's wife and their three-day-old baby .
Also known by the nickname Tupac (2-Pac), the criminal, now 38 years old, has always played the role of henchman for the Italian mafia or criminal bikers, according to our sources.
This individual has never been of the caliber of what we call decision-makers in organized crime. It has nothing to do with the reputation that Woolley had built in the criminal world. He is not in the same league , says a contact at theS.Q..
Both on the side of SPVMthan that of the S.Q., the police consider that Ahna Otna conveys falsehoods on social networks.
However, Otna's recent comments only fuel the tense climate in the criminal environment, which the population of the metropolis does not need , worry investigators specializing in organized crime.
Unsurprisingly, his ambitions to become the next godfather of street gangs are not unanimous. The police say they contacted Otna on Monday evening for a duty to warn(responsibility to warn), because a price would now be put on his head.
He is a criminal of African origin, who speaks in French, English and Portuguese. He never hid his dislike for Gregory Woolley, whom he saw as a nuisance to his rise in the streets. It was a known fact in the world of street gangs , analyzes a source atSPVMwho is not authorized to comment publicly on ongoing criminal investigations.
THESPVMand theS.Q.recall that the majority of conflicts which have ended in public shootings have originated on social networks between factions of street gangs over the past three years.
He believes he has the means to achieve his ambitions by imposing himself through fear and violence. He has access to several small groups of armed criminals, capable of carrying out jobs to pass messages, and capable of opening fire , adds this same police officer in Montreal
Culture of violence
Ahna Otna is not only active in the criminal world: he also has a life as a music artist, under the name Tupac, presenting himself as a rapper.
According to the public judicial register, he faced justice in 2012 for drug trafficking and trafficking for the benefit of a criminal organization. Subsequently, he was arrested a few more times for aggravated assault, extortion and threats to cause death or bodily harm.
To ensure his safety, he travels in a vehicleSUVarmored, in addition to living in a luxury condo tower in the heart of downtown Montreal. He is in the culture of music and violence , indicates a second police source at SPVM.
He was a close friend of Frantz Louis, nicknamed “Big Brother”, murdered with a gun while getting out of his car in the Ahuntsic district in November 2020 , specifies this same investigator.
Until 2021, he was considered a close associate of mafioso Davide Barberio. The police claim that he was his henchman to carry out extortion aimed at settling debts from sports betting or usurious loans, but that a conflict ended their business relationship.
Today, Ahna Otna is linked by the police to Patrick Lock, a member of the Hells Angels. Targeted by an attempted murder that occurred on July 21, 2022 in a café on rue Jean-Talon, Lock would have obtained a guarantee of protection from Ahna Otna as a sign of loyalty.
