The killing of Pat Musitano live chat Wednesday with mafia expert Antonio Nicaso

In front of a furniture store in Burlington on Friday, Halton police say, notorious Hamilton mobster Pat Musitanowas shot to death.

It happened in the early afternoon in a small plaza and was no surprise to long-time mafia expert Antonio Nicasowho says Musitano "was a dead man walking."

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The head of the Musitano crime family had, until Friday, survived a series of attempts on his life. In 2017 his home was riddledwith bullet holes. And last year, outside a lawyer's office in Mississauga, he survived after being hit withmultiple gunshots.

Wednesday at noon CBC'sConrad Collacowill speak with Nicaso, an author of more than30 books about organized crime and a lecturer at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. His bookBusiness or Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto's Last War, written withPeter Edwards, was the subject material for the first season of the Netflix crime drama Bad Blood.

They'll talk about Musitano's killing and what this could mean for organized crime in Hamilton and across the country.

Be a part of the conversation. If you've got questions or comments for Nicaso send them inbyemail atHamilton@cbc.caor on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.