A Mafia heir and a close friend of slain Gambino crime boss Frank Cali has paid tribute to the mobster after he was gunned down outside his family home.
Giovanni Gambino told DailyMail.com that 53-year-old 'Franky Boy' was a constant feature in the New York charity scene and was someone he looked up to growing up.
The head of the notorious family was shot and killed in a hail of bullets and then run over in Staten Island, New York, on Wednesday night in a slaying that shattered a 30-year peace between the Five Families in the Big Apple and could lead to more bloodshed.
Cops could be looking into whether the hit was linked to Gene Gotti, a reputed gangster and the brother of John Gotti who was released from prison just six months ago following a 29-year term for heroin dealing.
The NYPD is also investigating the possibility Cali was lured from his home by the gunman, who then fled in a blue pickup, and are probing whether the hit was carried out by a lone wolf or ordered by factions in the Sicilian Costra Nostra,
Giovanni said Cali was one of the figures he looked to when he was growing up in the notorious family and said he always 'showed class'.
The Gambino scion also warned that there could soon be retribution by a rival gangster because Cali was considered one of the 'good' guys.
'He was the good wise guy that went after bad wise guys', Giovanni told DailyMailcom. 'The wise guy that showed class. He was the one that had the "it" factor, growing up with my friends. We all looked up to him. He gave a great impression.'
'Nobody gets away with anything . Especially killing a good man,' he added.
Giovanni's cousin Carlo founded the Gambino crime family in 1957 when he immigrated from Italy and his father Francesco 'Ciccio' Gambino was a leading captain in the syndicate.
Francesco died in federal prison in 2012 while serving a 30-year sentence for racketeering and trafficking heroin from Sicily to the United States. Giovanni was raised by his mother and other members of the crime family while they were under the leadership of the likes of John Gotti and Domenico Cefalu.
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Gambino crime family boss Francesco 'Franky Boy' Cali was shot six times and run over by a pickup truck in front of his home in Staten Island on Wednesday night. His slaying shattered a relative peace between the Five Families in New York
Investigators are seen with forensic equipment outside the home of the mob boss who liked to shy away from the limelight. The NYPD is investigating the possibility Cali was lured from his home by the gunman
Hand prints, likely caused by officers dusting for fingerprints, is seen on the side of a SUV being pulled from the scene
Cali maintained a 'low-key' lifestyle, was a good friend to his family and always supported his passion to become a writer, Giovanni says. Cali is the basis for the protagonist in his novel, The Prince of Omerta.
Cali's murder on Wednesday night was the first hit on a Mafia boss since John Gotti arranged the assassination of then-Gambino head Paul Castellano in 1985.
Cali was shot six times and run over by a blue pickup truck outside his redbrick house in the upmarket Todt Hill neigborhood of Staten Island. Police are now hunting the killer.
Giovanni Gambino told DailyMail.com that 53-year-old 'Franky Boy' was a constant feature in the New York charity scene and was someone they looked up to growing up
Sources told the New York Daily News on Thursday that cops were eyeing ties to Gene Gotti, who may have orchestrated the hit to get back some the clout in the family business.
The source admitted the claims could be 'total speculation', but is 'something to look out for'.
The NYPD are scouring through surveillance footage on bridges off Staten Island to try and track the getaway vehicle.
The New York Post has also reported that he may have been lured outside his home when the killer smashed the pickup into his car in the driveway.
Photos from the scene show cops towing away a late-model silver Cadillac Escalade SUV.
It was covered in hand prints caused by crime scene technicians dusting for DNA.
Neighbors have described the terrifying hail of bullets they heard from inside their homes.
Many were watching TV when the chaos unfolded in the normally quiet neighborhood.
It is understood Cali's distraught family members ran outside after the shots were fired.
One man collapsed in front of the home crying: 'Papa! Papa!' as a woman shouted into her phone: 'Why doesn’t the ambulance come? He’s not breathing!'
No arrests have been made and an investigation is ongoing as police search for a blue pickup truck that fled the gruesome scene.
A police source told DailyMail.com: 'Cali was home having dinner with his family when this truck pulled up. He was shot outside the home.'
A witness told The New York Daily News: 'There were like six shots, and then there were three more.
'The man was on the ground face-up. His head was by his SUV, and the truck was open.'
Giovanni's cousin Carlo (left in 1970) founded the Gambino crime family that inspired The Godfather and his father Francesco 'Ciccio' Gambino (pictured with him right) died in federal prison in 2012 while serving a sentence for drag trafficking from his time in the mob
One of Cali's neighbors, 58-old-year Salvatore, told the New York Times he heard a burst of about seven gunshots. 'I just heard the pow-pow-pow-pow-pow,' he said, adding, 'You never know who your neighbors are'.
And one resident, Prashant Ranyal, 39, who lives blocks from the scene, told the New York Post: 'I’ve seen the [mob] movies . . . but I’ve never seen any activity that we feel at all that there's something strange about this area.'
Neighbors have described the terrifying hail of bullets they heard from inside their homes
Cali's home in the Todt Hill neighborhood of Staten Island. One man, believed to be a family member, ran outside, collapsed and cried, 'Papa! Papa!'
Crime scene tape is draped around a tree near the garage of Cali's home in Staten Island
There are reports Cali may have been lured outside his home when the killer smashed the pickup into his car in the driveway
The Sicily native, who is married to John Gambino's niece, served on the family's ruling panel for several years before being promoted to acting boss in 2015, replacing the previous leader Domenico Cefalu, also known as 'Greaseball'.
Giovanni said Cali maintained a 'low-key' lifestyle, was a good friend to his family and always supported his passion to become a writer. Cali is the protagonist in his novel, The Prince of Omerta
The organization reportedly focused its efforts on heroin and Oxycontin trafficking under his leadership.
Among law enforcement officials, Cali was known as a 'real quiet old-school boss' - one police source told the New York Post.
He was considered to be a foil of his former boss John Gotti because 'no one ever sees him'.
Cali only had one criminal conviction, having spent 16 months for a 2008 federal extortion charge in connection with a failed bit to build a NASCAR race track in Staten Island.
The hit on Cali comes as New York has seen a resurgence in mob activity recently.
In October, Sylvester Zottola, 71 - an associate of the Bonnano crime family - was gunned down at a Bronx McDonald’s drive-thru.
A cop is seen guarding the secure scene in Staten Island. As of Thursday afternoon, police had made no arrests in the slaying
Giovanni's cousin Carlo, the head of the Cosa Nostra during the 1970s, was arrested for orchestrating a multi-million dollar bank heist before he died of a heart attack in 1976.
Giovanni thinks the FBI has a long history of corruption, especially when it comes to members of his Italian community, and their strategies should be under more of a microscope.
He recently called President Trump to pardon his father Francesco, claiming fired FBI Director James Comey, who was responsible for taking down his father, treated his family unfairly.
Giovanni decided to shun the mafioso lifestyle and instead went into the pizzeria business.
Police responding to a 911 call about an assault in progress just after 9.15pm arrived to find Cali with six gunshot wounds to the torso. He was pronounced dead at a hospital soon after. (Above, the scene of the crime)
A heavy police presence is seen outside his home in shooting that shattered 30 years of Mafia peace in New York City
Investigators were seen walking in and out of the home in Staten Island on Wednesday night
The hit on Cali comes as New York has seen a resurgence in mob activity recently. The crime scene outside his home is pictured
Neighbors suggested there was nothing on their street to suggest mob activity was going on
First Mafia boss hit since the day Big Paul Castellano was whacked outside a steakhouse
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 bodies of Castellano and Bilotti lay in a pool of blood after they were gunned down outside Sparks steakhouse in Manhattan
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
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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