A Russian man linked to a fake heiress who gained access to former President Donald Trump at his Florida estate was shot near a lakeside hotel in the Laurentians, about 60 miles north of Montreal, in what has been described as a “targeted shooting,” The Montreal Gazette reported on Saturday.
Valeriy Tarasenko, 44, is a former associate of Inna Yashchyshyn, who circulated at Mar-a-Lago by pretending to be a Rothschild family heiress. Tarasenko met with U.S. federal agents and turned over documents and photos tied to an investigation into Yashchyshyn, her trips to Trump’s residence and businesses she set up over the past seven years, according to the report.
Tarasenko survived the shooting, local authorities said. However, the suspect or suspects are still at large, the news outlet reported.
“We have nothing more to say than it’s a 44-year-old man who was injured, his life is not in danger and an investigation is underway,” SQ Sgt. Marythé Bolduc said.
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The police would not say if they have leads on the suspect or suspects, or whether Tarasenko was accompanied at the time of the shooting.
