Henry Smurra

Death by Force

On the evening of November 24, 1991, in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, 52-year-old Henry Smurra, a male known as 'Hank the Bank,' was fatally shot. At approximately 6:45 pm, Smurra was sitting in the driver's seat of his 1989 Lincoln Town Car outside a Dunkin' Donuts when the deadly assault occurred. The shooting was not a random act of violence but rather a calculated move in a larger, bloody conflict for control of the Colombo crime family.

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Henry Smurra, 52, a Colombo crime family soldier, lies on the street in front of Dunkin Donuts after being shot to death, Nov. 24, 1991 at 6:45 pm as he sat in the drivers seat of his 1989 Lincoln Town Car in the Sheepshead Bay section of the borough of Brooklyn in New York. Police believe Smurra's death was in retaliation for the attempt on the reputed Colombo capo Gregory Scarpa Sr.'s life in Brooklyn's biggest family war in 30 years. (AP Photo/David Burns Stock Photo - Alamy

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