Nicholas "Nicky Black" Grancio, a Colombo crime family soldier, was killed on January 7, 1992, in Brooklyn, New York. His death was a result of an internal power struggle within the Colombo family, which erupted in the early 1990s when capo Vittorio Orena challenged the imprisoned boss Carmine Persico for leadership. Grancio aligned himself with Orena's faction, making him a target for Persico loyalists. On the day of his death, Grancio was ambushed in a drive-by shooting while he was stopped at
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