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NYPD: Gunman Lured Mob Boss Out of Home by Fake Car Crash
Gambino crime family boss Francesco Cali was gunned down in front of his Staten Island home on Wednesday night—moments after the suspect deliberately backed a pickup truck into Cali's SUV to get him to come outside, police said.
The triggerman left 16 holes in Cali’s body, and investigators recovered a dozen shell casings at the scene, a senior NYPD official told The Daily Beast.
Police on Thursday were searching for a pickup truck that fled the bloody scene and believe the vehicle has significant damage, NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said during press conference Thursday afternoon, adding that the suspect is believed to around 25-40 years.
No arrests have been made, and it was not clear if authorities had a lead on who might have whacked Cali, who had been boss of the Gambinos since 2015 and who had very close ties to the Sicilian Mafia. The FBI is investigating the murder, according to a federal law enforcement official.
“It remains a very active homicide investigation at this point,” Shea said. Cali’s past investigations with federal investigators are “focal point of the investigation as of right now.”
Gambino crime family boss Francesco Cali was gunned down in front of his Staten Island home on Wednesday night—moments after the suspect deliberately backed a pickup truck into Cali's SUV to get him to come outside, police said.
The triggerman left 16 holes in Cali’s body, and investigators recovered a dozen shell casings at the scene, a senior NYPD official told The Daily Beast.
Police on Thursday were searching for a pickup truck that fled the bloody scene and believe the vehicle has significant damage, NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said during press conference Thursday afternoon, adding that the suspect is believed to around 25-40 years.
No arrests have been made, and it was not clear if authorities had a lead on who might have whacked Cali, who had been boss of the Gambinos since 2015 and who had very close ties to the Sicilian Mafia. The FBI is investigating the murder, according to a federal law enforcement official.
“It remains a very active homicide investigation at this point,” Shea said. Cali’s past investigations with federal investigators are “focal point of the investigation as of right now.”