CTV Montreal
Published Saturday, June 22, 2013 12:43PM EDT
Last Updated Saturday, June 22, 2013 6:49PM EDT
MONTREAL — The 86-year-old founder of Notre-Dame-de-Grace mainstay Cosmos restaurant was stabbed to death Saturday morning at his home in Saint-Laurent. His son has been arrested in the crime.
Police were called to Hufford St., a small, residential street at about 3:30 a.m.
“A member of the family was worried about the condition of the 86-year-old man, so he went to his residence and found him lying on the floor with wounds to his upper body, caused by a sharp object, possibly a knife,” said Montreal police spokesperson Raphael Bergeron.
Police arrested a man in his 40s on the scene. CTV has learned he is Johnny Koulakis, the son of Tony Koulakis, who founded famous Montreal institution Cosmos restaurant.
“The motive of the (incident) is still to be determined by the investigators,” said Bergeron.
The crime scene left neighbours in shock.
“I saw the old man last night. We were talking -- he had a coffee, I had my coffee. I don't know what happened during the night. I just woke up with the cordon all around,” said one unidentified neighbour.
Neighbours added that the son was known to have serious issues and had caused problems on the street before.
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Tony Koulakis, seen here in 2002, was stabbed to death Saturday at age 86.
St-Laurent residence where 86-year-old man stabbed by son (CTV)
“(He was) verbally assaulting people… like, 'I'm going to f-ing kill you,'" said neighbour Patrick Angar.
Another neighbour, Silvana Kabalan, said she tried to warn the elder Koulakis his son needed help.
“Take care of your son,” she recalled telling her neighbour. “If the police send him to a hospital, leave him there. You're going to save him. He said, ‘Yes, but he's my son. I feel sorry about my son.’ (I said,) ‘No, you don't have to feel sorry about your son, you'll help him.’ What can I say? It's his father.”
It’s so far unclear what charges are expected to be laid against Johnny Koulakis, said police.
“(It’s) really too soon to determine the charges. Investigators are still on the scene. They will have to meet with him. We can possibly think about murder, but which degree of murder? First degree or second degree -- it's still to be determined by the investigators,” he said.
The homicide is the city's 12th of 2013.
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