Frank Cali shot dead

[NickyEyes1]

Man, this is absolutely nuts. Who knows what the reason is. It's all speculative at this point.

Good to see ya back pal

[Snakes]

Not sure of the Daily Beast as. a reputable source but if true it's interesting.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/hitman-ha ... ia=desktop

Daily Beast is usually pretty reliable, if a little biased to the left.

[Chopper]

Cali pausing to close his front door, perhaps out of concern for his family inside, or maybe just to ensure a dog or a cat does not get out. He steps over to the driver of the pickup truck.

The driver is wearing a hoodie and a baseball cap, so his face is not clearly visible as he and Cali speak. Cali reaches into his pants pocket, as if to suggest he had a gun.

Sounds like Cali had his suspisions but went outside anyway.

[richy67]

From all accounts i have read or seen granted you never know as theybare often shite, but he seemed well liked and a low key guy etc. Sad news regardless RIP

[Snakes]

Cali pausing to close his front door, perhaps out of concern for his family inside, or maybe just to ensure a dog or a cat does not get out. He steps over to the driver of the pickup truck.

The driver is wearing a hoodie and a baseball cap, so his face is not clearly visible as he and Cali speak. Cali reaches into his pants pocket, as if to suggest he had a gun.

Sounds like Cali had his suspisions but went outside anyway.

I wonder if the guy posed as a civilian? Seems weird that Cali would put the other guy's plate in his trunk.

[aleksandrored]

The forum has more members than ever before, and so far in Brazil it has been on several websites about his death, thinking it is not logical. Gene Gotti is behind this, the guy spent 30 years in jail, to make a fool of this now?

[aleksandrored]

This murder put the Mafia in the media again, even those who do not care about OC are commenting ... this here in Brazil, I wonder how things are in the US.

[Bklyn21]

https://nypost.com/2019/03/14/killed-ga ... -crash/The Post updated, Said the same thing as the Beast with the plate falling off etc etc..

[don-shunter]

Sounds like as much of a professional hit that you can get in this day and age especially in a NY neighbourhood like Staten Island. The crash to draw him out and the apparent trading of insurance only for the hitman to do his job once Cali's back is turned. As for motive this should become clear once someone rats or the feds pick up some information on wiretaps.

[eboli]

I wonder if the guy posed as a civilian? Seems weird that Cali would put the other guy's plate in his trunk.

The guy handed Cali's license plate to him. The Escalade was registered in NJ, so it must have front and back plates.

[SonnyBlackstein]

Cali pausing to close his front door, perhaps out of concern for his family inside, or maybe just to ensure a dog or a cat does not get out. He steps over to the driver of the pickup truck.

The driver is wearing a hoodie and a baseball cap, so his face is not clearly visible as he and Cali speak. Cali reaches into his pants pocket, as if to suggest he had a gun.

Sounds like Cali had his suspisions but went outside anyway.

I wonder if the guy posed as a civilian? Seems weird that Cali would put the other guy's plate in his trunk.

The article states it was his own license plate that had detached, as I read it.

[Bklyn21]

The person who whacked Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali lured the Gambino crime boss out of his Staten Island home by smashing into the mobster’s car — and then started shooting at the mobster while he was distracted by a busted license plate, law enforcement sources said Thursday.

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Neighbors describe hail of bullets that killed Gambino boss Frank Cali
Cali, 53, came out of his Todt Hill house Wednesday night after the shooter and a driver backed his blue pickup into Cali’s silver Cadillac Escalade SUV, according to police.

The crash knocked the Cadillac’s front plate off, and Cali picked it up and went around to the trunk of his car to put the plate inside.

That’s when the trigger man started shooting, sources say.


Cali dropped to the ground and the gunman stood over him firing off shots — while the mafia bigwig tried to seek cover under his vehicle, according to sources.

Cops say Cali was hit at least six times, and 12 shell casings were found at the scene. The gunman eventually fled, and Cali was rushed to Staten Island University Hospital North, where he was declared dead.

The pickup hasn’t been caught on camera crossing any bridges out of Staten Island since, sources say.

“You’ll never see that car again,” said a source. “It’s already the size of a stamp.”

Cali is the first mob boss murdered in the Big Apple since 1985, when then-Gambino boss Paul Castellano was gunned down at Sparks steakhouse in Midtown on the orders of John Gotti.

[Bklyn21]

Sorry for the earlier Post/Wrong link

[eboli]

The forum has more members than ever before, and so far in Brazil it has been on several websites about his death, thinking it is not logical. Gene Gotti is behind this, the guy spent 30 years in jail, to make a fool of this now?

Imagine that Gene is supposed to be the smart Gotti brother.

[JohnnyS]

Yeah safe to say this a planned hit and not some rage killing. Cali putting the plate in the trunk explains why it was open in those photos.