Nine days before Christmas 1985, feared Mafia Godfather Paul Castellano arrived for a meeting over dinner at Sparks Steak House in Midtown Manhattan.
As he was getting out of his chauffeur-driven car, a squad of gunmen ran up to the head of New York’s Gambino crime family and shot him multiple times in the head, chest and abdomen.
The once-feared Mob boss was left in a pool of blood on the pavement busy New York street, his body riddled with bullet holes.
His execution sparked fears of a new crime war in the city. One FBI expert said at the scene: “This undoubtedly will trigger some sort of reaction.
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