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In a stunning development, the likes of which have not been seen since 1985, Francesco (Frank) Cali, the reputed acting boss of the Gambino crime family , was gunned down outside his home on Staten Island on Wednesday night, according to a senior police official and widespread media reports. The police said they received a report about the grizzly shooting outside 25 Hilltop Terrace in the Todt Hill section of Staten Island around 9:20 p.m. There was also a report of a blue pickup truck leaving the scene around the time of shooting. The Daily News quoted a witness as saying “There were like six shots, and then there were three more. The man (Cali) was on the ground face-up. His head was by his SUV, and the truck was open.” As per a BBC report: Witnesses said Cali's killer also “ran him over before fleeing the scene. Family members were seen to rush into the street and sit crying next to his body.” Some reports say he was run over by the blue vehicle before he wa...

The net has widened in the murder probe of Luchese associate Sylvester (Sally Daz) Zottola, with Larry McShane of the New York Daily News reporting that three more co-conspirators were arrested toda y. Salvatore Zotolla's shooting this past summer was caught on videotape. The trio was nabbed for the murder of Sally Daz, 71, at a Bronx McDonald's drive-thru, as well as the summertime shooting of Sally Daz's son outside the family's home in the Bronx.  The attempted hit on the son, according to a cooperating witness, was an effort to lure the father into the shooter's cross-hairs, McShane reported. Identified in a superseding federal indictment, McShane reported, were Arthur (Scary) Codner, Himen (Ace) Ross, and Kalik McFarlane. “The defendants, together with others, with malice aforethought, did unlawfully kill Sylvester Zottola willfully, deliberately, maliciously and with premeditation,” the indictment read, according to McShane. Assistan...

Last month, police went to exhume the remains of a victim of a gangland hit from January 1969 near Route 17 in the village of Tuxedo, New York, about 40 miles north of Manhattan. The grave was empty. We wrote about the victim of another gangland hit that took place around the same time; that victim was located slightly to the northeast in the town of Saugerties. He was also never even identified despite the fact his pockets were stuffed with personal items, though no identification. You can read all about it here . The 1969 victim was buried in a cemetery in the 1970s. He was a white man, between 45 and 55 years old, who had been shot in the head in 1968, as per state police. Found with the remains were clothing, a St. Christopher medal and a Longine watch. "We're like bulldogs," Senior Investigator Yan Salomon told Fox News in an Oct. 27 report . The remains had been buried in the Highland Mills cemetery in the mid-1970s in a section for unidentified or unclaim...

One of several YouTube videos posted by Anthony Colombo, son of deceased mob boss Joe Colombo. Colombo: The Unsolved Murde r by Don Capria and Anthony Colombo is available now, priced at $4.99 for the Kindle version and $16.95 for the paperback. The book essentially "reopens" the investigation into Joe Colombo's death , offering what the authors describe as "compelling evidence that contradicts the popular belief behind Colombo’s death." Co-authored by Joe Colombo’s eldest son, Anthony, the book tells the story of how young Joe Colombo rose from Brooklyn's streets to become one of New York Magazine’s “Top Ten Most Powerful Men” in 1971, alongside Nelson Rockefeller and Mayor John Lindsay.