Alleged Gambino crime boss shot, killed outside Staten Island home

By Rich McKay

 

New York City Police officers (NYPD) investigate the scene where, reported New York Mafia Gambino family crime boss, Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali, was killed outside his home in the Staten Island borough of New York City, U.S., March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

 

(Reuters) - The reported crime boss of the New York Mafia's Gambino family, Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali, was gunned down in front of his Staten Island home late Wednesday, police and media said.

 

Cali, 53, was fatally shot multiple times to his torso shortly after 9 p.m. (0100 GMT on Thursday) in front of his home, police said.

Media, including the New York Post, reported that Cali was shot at least six or seven times and also run over by a blue pickup truck driven by the shooter, citing unidentified police sources.

 

The Gambino crime operation is one of the five historic Italian-American Mafia families in New York, Reuters has previously reported, and it makes money through violence and extortion.

 

Charges against members of Mafia operations, including Gambino family operatives, have included murder, loan sharking, gambling and illegal drug distribution, Reuters has reported.

 

The New York Daily News reported in 2008 that Cali was among 62 people arrested on federal racketeering charges and he later pleaded guilty to conspiring to extort money. He served a 16-month sentence.

 

There is no known motive for the shooting of Cali, a police watch commander told Reuters.

 

"There are no arrests and the investigation is ongoing," police said in a statement.

 

(Reporting by Rich McKay; Editing by Robert Birsel)

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-03-15

live by the sword...

22 minutes ago, webfact said:

There is no known motive for the shooting of Cali,

Ridiculous  comment.

34 minutes ago, madmen said:

live by the sword...

Die by the gun and wheel?

Good

 

I thought all those spagetti plastic gangsters were  imprisoned or killed off years ago.

Probably shot because he was going to 'rat out' his fat cousin Paule to the Feds.

That would explain why he was run over like road kill just for good measure.

 

Edited March 15, 20197 yr by bendejo

good riddance, scumball

One mob boss down.One more to go next time in Washington.Live the life of crime  die like a gangster!

5 hours ago, webfact said:

There is no known motive for the shooting of Cali, a police watch commander told Reuters.

His being alive would be a good motive.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

There is no known motive for the shooting of Cali, a police watch commander told Reuters.

A  ranking member of the Mafia isn't normally done away with  unless the other 'bosses' agree.  He may not have been giving the others their fair share or the feds may have flipped him.  It doesn't matter- his replacement is already named and known by those who need to know.

 

The movies have glorified 'the life'  but it is a really stressful existence- you never know if your 'friends' will do you in; your enemies or the FBI. Not very many make it to old age and retire.

Its an internal power struggle. The NY media is speculating that its Gene Gotti. 

 

I love the history of the Gambinos. They have basically been around in one form or another since 1910 ish. They usually just kill their own.