«Breaking News» Gambino crime boss killed in New York City tried dodging bullets by hiding under SUV, cops say

Gambino's family boss Francesco 'Franky Boy' Cali, pictured, was shot dead in front of his house in a quiet neighborhood in New York City

A reputed Gambino crime boss who was shot dead in New York City on Wednesday tried dodging bullets by hiding under his SUV, police say.

Francesco 'Franky Boy' Cali, 53, was shot in front of his redbrick house in the Todt Hill district of Staten Island on Wednesday evening.

Doctors arrived at the scene and transported Cali to Staten Island University Hospital North, where he was pronounced dead.

The unidentified shooter went away in a truck and no immediate arrests were made, police said.

Investigations are being carried out to establish whether the murder was authorized by one of New York's five mafia families or whether it was carried out by a 'cowboy' gunman unrelated to the organisations.

'What I believe happened was Mr Cali was struck several times by gunfire,' Chief of Detectives Dermott Shea said.

'In trying to elude additional gunfire, fled to the rear area of his private vehicle and somebody probably thought he was run over, but it was more he was trying to get underneath the truck to elude gunfire,' he added.

The mob boss tried to hide under his SUV to dodge bullets after being shot several times

Investigators work at the scene where mafia boss Cali was killed in the Staten Island borough of New York City, US

New York media said this is the first targeted killing of a mafia boss in the city since 1985, when Gambino family's Paul Castellano was shot dead outside a restaurant.

The assassination was arranged by John Gotti, head of the Gambino family in the late 1980s and early 1980s. 

After Cali's murder, New York's Mayor Bill de Blasio said: 'We thought those days were over. 

New York Police Department responded to reports of shots fired on Wednesday night

'Very surprising, but I guess old habits die hard.'

Cali left his house around 9:15pm on Wednesday when the gunman backed his pickup into the mobster's SUV, damaging it, police said.

 'With what we know at this point in time, it’s quite possible that was part of a plan,' Shea added.

Police said the attacker pulled a 9 mm handgun and opened fire on Cali shortly after they started talking.

At least 12 shots were fired. 

After being shot several times, the mobster tried to hide under his SUV to dodge bullets.

Federal prosecutors referred to Cali as the underboss of Gambino family, one of the 'Five Families' that dominate the crime scene in New York City. 

Police stand along the street where reputed mobster Cali lived and was shot dead by an unidentified gunman on Wednesday evening

The other families are Bonanno, Colombo, Genovese and Lucchese.

Francesco 'Franky Boy' Cali is said to have taken over the control of the Gambino family in 2015.

It is believed he only had one conviction for trying to extort money for which he spent 16 months in prison.

Among low enforcement officials, Cali was known as a 'real quiet old-school boss', one source told The New York Post.

Under his leadership, the Gambino family reportedly focused on heroin and Oxycontin trafficking.

Gambino's murder happened six months after John Gotti’s brother Gene, 71, was released after spending 29 years in prison for heroin trafficking.

A source told the New York Daily News that cops were considering whether there could be any connection to Gene Gotti for Cali's murder.

Mafia boss John Gotti (left) arranged the assassination of Paul Castellano (right) in 1985

However, the source admitted the claims were unconfirmed and could be 'total speculation'.

Jerry Capeci, a mob expert, said: 'Frank Cali was a pretty likable guy, and also this is not a way the mob would kill one of their own.'

'There are exceptions, but that's not the case with his guy,' he added.

Cali is said to have kept a much lower profile than Gotti and was killed in a less spectacular way than Paul Castellano.

Gotti was convicted in Castellano's murder and was then released in 1990.

Gotti, with his expensive suits, became known as the Dapper Don. He was released in 1990

With his expensive suits and coats, he became known as the Dapper Don.

As prosecutors failed to bring him down, he started to be called the Teflon Don.

Hours before Cali was killed on Wednesday, the boss and advisor of the Bonanno family were acquitted in a racketeering and extortion case in Brooklyn.

In October, Bonanno associate Sylvester Zottola was fatally shot at a McDonald's drive-thru in the Bronx.

Last week, the boss of the Colombo family, Carmine 'the Snake' Persico, died at the age 85 at a North Carolina hospital near the prison where he had been spending his life sentence.

In 1986, Persico was convicted in a case overseen by then-US Attorney Rudy Giuliani.

1985 MOB HIT ON GAMBINO BOSS PAUL CASTELLANO

Frank Cali's murder is the first hit on a Mafia boss since John Gotti arranged the assassination of then-Gambino head 'Big Paul' Castellano - outside Sparks Steakhouse - in 1985.

The notorious assasination saw Castellano, 70, and his underboss Thomas Bilotti, 47, both shot in the face by a three-man hit squad just after the two victims had stepped out of their car.

Castellano's reign as kingpin had begun in 1976 after the death of Carlo Gambino.

The Gambinos were the most powerful of the five families of the New York City mafia and worth an estimated $500 million a year.  

Gambino capo John Gotti (left) was part of a three-man hit squad that shot Mafia kingpin Paul Castellano (right) outside a steakhouse in 1985

Big Paul was made boss instead of the likely heir, the then-underboss Aniello Dellacroce - a decision which annoyed those loyal to Dellacroce.

They were further enraged by Castellano's insistence on living as a recluse in his mansion in Todt Hill, Staten Island, which earned him the moniker, 'the Howard Huges of the Mob'.

When Dellacroce died of cancer in 1985, Castellano disrepected the Family by not attending the funeral.

The final nail in his coffin was when he made Capo Thomas Bilotti his underboss.

John Gotti, who had been loyal to Dellacroce and didn't think Castellano was worthy of being the Don, and the irate Gambinos then decided to whack Castellano.

At the time, Castellano had been on trial in Manhattan federal court on racketeering charges involving three murders and an international stolen car ring but the trial was in recess.

On December 15, 1985 Gotti and the Dellacroce devised a plan to assassinate Castellano and Bilotti - by luring the boss to a meeting at Sparks Steakhouse on 210 E. 46th St., between Second and Third Avenues.

The scene of the crime. Big Paul was made boss instead of the likely heir, the then-underboss Aniello Dellacroce - a decision which annoyed those loyal to Dellacroce

The bodies of Castellano and Bilotti  lay in a pool of blood after they were gunned down outside Sparks steakhouse in Manhattan

At around 5.30pm, Gotti and Salvatore 'Sammy the Bull' Gravano were driving in Gotti's Lincoln Town Car when they spotted the boss in his Black Lincoln Town Car.

Gotti drove on ahead and parked at a vantage point across the street from the restaurant.

At around 6pm, Castellano and his Underboss Thomas Bilotti pulled up at Sparks Steakhouse to attend a sit down with Frank DeCicco to apologize for missing Dellacroce's funeral.

Just as they exited the car, the assassin shot Castellano six times. He fell to the pavement and died. Bilotti, who was in the driver's seat was also shot dead.

Gotti then drove past the scene, while Gravano looked at Bilotti's body, saying 'he's gone'.

Soon after, John Gotti became Boss, Frank DeCicco became Underboss, and Gravano became Consigliere in 1986.

 

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Gambino’s family boss Francesco ‘Franky Boy’ Cali, pictured, was shot dead in front of his house in a quiet neighborhood in New York City

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