Lone Mob Gunman Shot Up Front of Mafia-Linked Brooklyn Restaurant
A mobbed-up lone gunman shot up the front of a mob-linked Brooklyn restaurant early Sunday in what law enforcement sources said was a “message” to the owners. Bullet holes on front door weren't on the menu. Carroll Gardens’ Marco Polo Ristorante was targeted before 8 a.m., when an employee noticed the eatery's front windows and doors were pocked with bullet holes. The trattoria, which opened in 1983, is considered a Court Street institution, one with deep mob ties. Co-owner Marco Chricio told The New York Post that the restaurant "was caught in the crossfire between battling gangs from neighboring Gowanus and Red Hook housing projects." Not so fast... The cops disputed that assessment, noting that the restaurant itself was targeted. There's surveillance footage from a neighboring business that seems to bolster that claim. Ten shell casings were discovered across the street in front of the Body Elite gym, which captured via its surve...
