Joseph is the leader of the "Gangs des 67," a powerful St. Michel street gang that is named after the bus route that runs though the district.

Ninety minutes after surviving a Mob-style hit at his upscale clothing boutique in Old Montreal, Ducarme Joseph was seen speaking to a hit man in St. Michel, probably plotting revenge for the brazen midday shooting, a police detective testified Monday.
Joseph escaped out the back door Thursday as two masked gunmen sprayed his boutique with 50 bullets, killing his bodyguard, Peter Christopoulos, 27, and store manager Jean Gaston, 60.
Two other people were injured, including a 31-year-old electrician who was doing renovations in the store. Both are in stable condition.
Joseph was described in court yesterday as one of Montreal's "most dangerous street gang leaders."
The swiftness with which Joseph was planning a revenge attack surprised police officers who began tailing him after a police source spotted Ducarme in his old neighbourhood of St. Michel talking to a hit man nicknamed "Gunman," Det.-Sgt. Jean-Claude Gauthier, a street gang expert with the Montreal police, testified in Quebec Court.
When police arrested Joseph the day after the shooting, they found a sketch of a man on a paper with the words: "Are there photos of the guys to be eliminated."
"He survived the attack and will come out of this stronger than ever," Gauthier said when describing Joseph's stature among street gang members.
Judge Gilles Garneau revoked Joseph's bail in a previous assault case and ordered him detained until that case is finished, saying that if he were to be released, he probably would "work to identify those responsible for the attack, and there is a strong possibility that he would commit criminal acts related to the crime."
The day following the shooting, Montreal police arrested Joseph after he left the Notre Dame de Grâce office of construction magnate Tony Magi - not far from the site on Upper Lachine Rd. where Nick Rizzuto Jr., the son of reputed Mob boss Vito Rizzuto, was slain in December.
Joseph was arrested for violating his bail conditions by being in the company of two of his alleged criminal associates: Stanley Stevenson Fleurant, 30, and Dutroy Charlotin, 31. Both men were also detained yesterday for similar bail condition violations.
Police didn't speculate on why Joseph was at Magi's office the day after the shooting, but Joseph has been mentioned in police requests for search warrants associated with Magi, including one in November that said Magi hired Joseph in July to collect outstanding loans.
Also in the search warrant, a police informant alleges that in exchange for his services, Magi, who has no criminal record, set Joseph up in a downtown condominium.
When Montreal police spoke to Joseph after the boutique shooting, he denied being at his FlawNego clothing store on St. Jacques St. and said he didn't know why anyone would target him.
"He showed no remorse or sadness," testified Det.-Sgt. Pascal Leclaire, who spoke to Ducarme after the shooting.
"He said he can't change what happened."
Joseph returned to his store Thursday night, to the surprise of police who were still on the scene investigating.
The police found a Rastafarian-style wig discarded as the attackers fled on foot, several guns, a glove and surveillance tapes. Investigators hope to get real hair samples from the wig.
At yesterday's bail hearing, prosecutor Anne-Marie Otis said she wanted Joseph to forfeit the $50,000 bail he had posted in his assault case because he broke his bail conditions. The judge granted the request.
Joseph's lawyer, Gary Martin, asked the judge to release his client after he had served a seven-day sentence for breaking his bail conditions, saying police claims that Joseph was plotting a revenge attack were "just speculation."
But the judge disagreed, saying there was ample evidence that Joseph would try to find out who was responsible for the attack.
Joseph has a criminal record dating back to 1987 for armed assault, weapons possession, extortion and sexual assault. His next court date is Friday.
Police contend Joseph is the leader of the "Gangs des 67," a powerful St. Michel street gang that is named after the bus route that runs though the district.Gauthier said the gang is affiliated with the Crips, or Blues, and said Joseph is an admirer of a U.S. Crips gang called Folk Nation, based in Chicago.Police say the insignia of the Folk Nation gang, a pitchfork, is inscribed on the sign for Joseph's boutique, called FlawNego.