by chin_gigante » Sat Sep 02, 2023 6:31 am
Cheech wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 5:25 am
Did it ever come out why Polito came in blasting?
Like D'Urso, Polito was an associate in Ross Gangi's crew but he wanted to be transferred to Allie Shades' crew so he could hook up with bank robbers there. Polito was a degenerate gambler and wanted to rob banks to raise cash to pay off his debts, but the Gangi crew was less eager to go out on robberies (even though Gangi himself participated in a robbery with Polito). Joe Zito refused to release Polito to Allie Shades' crew because Polito owed tens of thousands of dollars to D'Urso's cousin and he didn't want to let him go until he repaid the debt. So Polito figured if he killed D'Urso and his cousin on the sneak he could get out of paying the debt and be released to Allie Shades (where he'd also be more likely to get straightened out if they knew he was capable).
IIRC, D'Urso had also set Polito up in a robbery some time previously and Polito had been shot in the leg as a result.
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Did it ever come out why Polito came in blasting?
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Like D'Urso, Polito was an associate in Ross Gangi's crew but he wanted to be transferred to Allie Shades' crew so he could hook up with bank robbers there. Polito was a degenerate gambler and wanted to rob banks to raise cash to pay off his debts, but the Gangi crew was less eager to go out on robberies (even though Gangi himself participated in a robbery with Polito). Joe Zito refused to release Polito to Allie Shades' crew because Polito owed tens of thousands of dollars to D'Urso's cousin and he didn't want to let him go until he repaid the debt. So Polito figured if he killed D'Urso and his cousin on the sneak he could get out of paying the debt and be released to Allie Shades (where he'd also be more likely to get straightened out if they knew he was capable).
IIRC, D'Urso had also set Polito up in a robbery some time previously and Polito had been shot in the leg as a result.