Gerald Gallant

Gerald Gallant is a Canadian contract killer from Quebec who admitted to multiple murders and attempted murders committed between 1978 and 2003.

Gerald Gallant is a Canadian contract killer from Quebec who admitted to multiple murders and attempted murders committed between 1978 and 2003. He was convicted in connection with a 2001 killing and later pleaded guilty in 2009 to 27 murders and 12 attempted murders. He is widely described as one of Canada's most prolific known killers.

Early life

Gallant was born on 5 May 1950. Publicly available sources in the provided material do not give extensive detail on his early life beyond his Canadian background and Quebec connections.

Criminal career

Gallant worked as a contract killer and later admitted to murders and attempted murders committed between 1978 and 2003. Sources describe his targets as mainly members of criminal gangs, with killings often carried out in public by gunshots.

Arrest and convictions

Gallant was arrested in 2006 after investigators linked him to a 2001 homicide through DNA evidence. He was already serving a life sentence for that murder when he later pleaded guilty in 2009 to dozens of additional offences.

Informant role and police investigation

After his arrest, Gallant cooperated with police and provided information that led to arrests of other suspected organisers and accomplices. The investigation became a major Quebec organised-crime case.