Joseph Magnasco Gallo Mobster Murdered In Brooklyn October 4, 1961

Gallo mobster Joseph Magnasco was on his way to visit his mother when he was gunned down in front of the College Restaurant in Brooklyn. In the days after this shooting, the New York Police believed Magnasco might have been killed by one of his fellow Gallo associates. A career criminal, my e-book looks at Magnasco's early years in crime. 1961-1962 was an era of gang warfare between the Gallo brothers and the more established Profaci Mafia. The Gallos entrance into the lucrative policy racket brought them into the crosshairs of rival gangsters.