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About Joseph Gallo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gallo#Murder
Joseph Gallo (April 7, 1929 – April 7, 1972), also known as "Crazy Joe", was an Italian-American mobster of the Colombo crime family of New York City.
Gallo was born in New York City, where his father was a bootlegger during Prohibition. In his youth, Gallo was diagnosed with schizophrenia after an arrest. Gallo soon became an enforcer in the Profaci crime family, later forming his own crew that also included his brothers Larry and Albert. In 1957, Joe Profaci allegedly asked Gallo and his crew to murder Albert Anastasia, the boss of the Gambino crime family; Anastasia was murdered on October 25, at a barber shop in midtown Manhattan. In 1961, the Gallos kidnapped four of Profaci's top men: underboss Joseph Magliocco, Frank Profaci (Joe Profaci's brother), caporegime Salvatore Musacchia and soldier John Scimone, demanding a more favorable financial scheme for the hostages' release. After a few weeks of negotiation, Profaci and his consigliere, Charles "the Sidge" LoCicero, made a deal with the Gallos and secured the peaceful release of the hostages. This incited the First Colombo War.
In November 1961, Gallo was convicted of conspiracy and extortion for attempting to extort money from a businessman, and on December 21, 1961, Gallo was sentenced to seven to 14 years in prison. While imprisoned, Profaci died of cancer in 1962, Magliocco took over, and the Gallo crew attempted to kill Carmine Persico in 1963. Patriarca crime family boss Raymond L.S. Patriarca negotiated a peace agreement between the two factions, but after Gallo was released from prison on April 11, 1971, he stated that the 1963 peace agreement did not apply to him because he was in prison when it was negotiated. Upon his release, a peace offering of $1,000 was made by boss Joseph Colombo, but Gallo demanded $100,000, and Colombo refused. On June 28, 1971, at an Italian-American Civil Rights League rally in Columbus Circle in Manhattan, Colombo was shot three times by an African-American gunman who was immediately killed by Colombo's bodyguards; Colombo survived the shooting, but was paralyzed. Although many in the Colombo family blamed Gallo for the shooting, the police eventually concluded that the gunman acted alone after they had questioned Gallo. The Colombo family leadership was convinced that Gallo ordered the murder after his falling out with the family. This incited the Second Colombo War. On April 7, 1972, around 4:30 a.m., Gallo was shot dead at Umbertos Clam House in Manhattan's Little Italy while celebrating his 43rd birthday; several accounts have been given as to who was the killer.
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Joseph Gallo's Timeline
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April 7, 1929
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Red Hook, Kings County, New York, United States
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| 1972 |
April 7, 1972
Age 43
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Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States
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Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
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