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US police expect to charge suspect in brutal murder of New York mafia boss Francesco ‘Franky Boy’ Cali
- Cali was shot to death on Wednesday outside his home on New York City’s Staten Island
- The killing marked the first murder of a New York mob chieftain in 34 years
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US police have arrested a man whom they expect to charge with the murder of reputed New York mafia boss Francesco “Frank” Cali.
The purported head of the Gambino crime family, also known as “Franky Boy”, was shot repeatedly outside his home in the New York borough of Staten Island late Wednesday.
Anthony Comello, 24, was taken into custody in neighbouring New Jersey, apparently without incident, and had not yet been returned to New York, a New York Police Department official said
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“We are very confident that he will be charged with the murder of Mr Cali,” upon the suspect’s handing over to New York, the official said.
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US media reported that Cali’s killing marked the first murder of a New York mob chieftain in 34 years since the death of Paul Castellano - another Gambino family boss - by order of John Gotti, who was known as Teflon Don.
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