![]() In 1999 the restaurant was closed due to lack of funds and the building was sold. Gallo collapsed on the street outside and died later in Hospital. He overtuned a table and made it to the door of the Clam House in order to draw fire away from his family. Gallo was fatally wounded in the attack and got hit in the back, arm, and leg. Four gunmen rush into the restaurant and fire off over 20 shots from 32 and 38 revolvers at Gallo’s table. Mobster Joey Gallo was celebrating his 43rd birthday with his family, at Umberto’s Clam House, located in Little Italy. Umbertos Clam House: 132 Mulberry St, New York. The area has remained untouched for nearly a century.Ħ. Colombo was then put on a stretcher and taken to hospital.Īlthough Colombo didn’t die at the scene he was left in a coma for the next 7 years, eventually dying in 1978. Johnson was then shot himself by what was presumed to be a Colombo bodyguard. Johnson, a gunman posing as a photographer stepped towards Colombo and a point blank range shot him 3 times in the head. On June 28 of 1971, there was a Rally in Columbus Circle for Joe Colombo’s Civil Rights League (which grew to some 100,000 members).Īs Joe was about to take the stage to address the crowds, Jerome A. Columbus Circle: 59th Street and Broadway Not much has changed in 30 years, the restaurant stills stands here.ĥ. John Carneglia was the gunman who actually shot Castellano in the head, delivering the fatal hit. The gunmen ran up to the car as both men were getting out, and shot them several times. ![]() ![]() Just a few yards away were another team of backup shooters which included Dominick Pizzonia, Angelo Ruggiero and Anthony Rampino. Thomas Bilotti, Big Paul’s bodyguard drove Castellano to the prearranged meeting at the Sparks Steak House in Midtown Manhattan on the evening of 16th December, 1985.Ī hit team prepared by Gotti were waiting near the restaurant entrance, they included Gambino soldiers by the names of Vincent Artuso, Salvatore Scala, Edward Lino, John Carneglia and possibly Leonard DiMaria. Sparks Steakhouse: 210 E 46th Street, Manhattan. Rao’s is very much still open for business as usual.Ĥ. Louis Barone told him to have some respect, Circelli didn’t, so Barone took out his. This exclusive restaurant has seen bodies in suitcases turn up down the block, and was the infamous scene of the murder of Albert Circelli.Ī few days before Christmas in 2003, Circelli was heckling Broadway actress Rena Strober’s performance. With no evidence of who killed him, charges were dropped and it was put down to accidental death.ģ. Reles was pushed from a window at the Half-Moon Hotel, room 623. The Half Moon Hotel: Coney Island, Brooklyn.Īt the time of Abe’s death he was meant to be under FBI protection, but with Abe about to give information to the FBI on Albert Anastasia (who would have gone the same way as Lepke and co), something had to be done. ![]() It first changed its name from the Sheraton in the 1970’s.Ģ. It was renamed to the Park Central Hotel in the 1990’s after many name changes. Anastasia got up out of the chair and charged at the men, unfortunately what he saw in the moment of panic and confusion was the reflection of the men in the Barber’s mirror. ![]() Out of nowhere two men rushed the shop in scarves and rang out a tirade of bullets at Anastasia as he sat there. Strangely his bodyguard took a walk (whether Anastasia knew this or not is unclear, was he in on the hit, or was it genuine). Park Central Hotel: 870 Seventh Avenue, New York.Īlbert Anastasia was in a barbers chair at the Park Sheraton Hotel on 870 7th Avenue. We take you through 13 (unlucky for some) of the most prominent Mafia killings from the last century.ġ. Whether its a mob hit from the 1920’s or one as early as the 2000’s its interesting to know what happened to some of the more famous places where mobsters drew their final breath. ![]()
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