Cece Luppino, the son of mobster Rocco Luppino, was gunned down at a Hamilton [Ontario] home owned by his father on Wednesday, in what police said appears to be a "targeted" killing.
Luppino's death is the city's third killing in the past two years in which the victim had some connection to organized crime families. [...] Luppino, was gunned down [...] in what police said appears to be a "targeted" killing. Luppino's death is the city's third killing in the past two years in which the victim had some connection to organized crime families.
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Luppino, 43, did not have a criminal record, and was not known to police. "We don't yet know what the motive is," Thom said.
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[Angelo] Musitano, a member of Hamilton's notorious crime family of the same name, died in May 2017 after his truck was sprayed with bullets in the driveway of his Waterdown home. Police say he was "stalked" in the days leading up to his death.
[Albert] Iavarone died similarly in September 2018. The real estate agent, who police have said had connections to organized crime, was gunned down in what's being called a "targeted attack" as he was walking from his car to his house.
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The CBC reports Rocco Luppino was convicted of extortion in 1979, and his family is connected with crimes extending into Buffalo.
CBC
February 14, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Police Department put out a surveillance picture of a suspected killer in Hamilton, Ontario, on Thursday in hopes of finding out who he is.
WGRZ NBC
March 14, 2019
That's what we need right now. A mob war.New York City police on Thursday were investigating the bold, fatal shooting of alleged Gambino crime boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali outside his Staten Island home.
Officers responding to a 911 call Wednesday night found Cali, 53, who was shot multiple times, police said in a statement. Emergency medical team rushed him to Staten Island University Hospital North, where Cali was pronounced dead.
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Cali was a native of Sicily, and his wife is the niece of Gambino head John Gambino.
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His murder marked the most notable killing of a Gambino boss since 1985, when Paul Castellano was shot dead in front of the Sparks Steak House in Manhattan.
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The Gambino family was once among the most powerful criminal organizations in the United States, but federal prosecutions in the 1980s and 1990s sent its top leaders to prison and diminished its reach.
Iconic Gambino leader John Gotti died in federal prison in 2002. Gotti's brother, Gene, 71, was released from prison last year after serving almost 30 years for dealing heroin.
Another former leader of the group, Carmine John "The Snake" Persico Jr., died last week while serving a 139-year prison sentence. He was 85.
USA Today
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
UPDATE:
The mob hit comes as New York has experienced a resurgence in mob activity in recent months.
In October, Bonanno associate Sylvester Zottola, 71, was gunned down at a Bronx McDonald’s drive-thru.
New York Post
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