On an autumn evening in Brooklyn, New York, the life of 33-year-old James A. Eppolito Jr. came to a violent end. It was October 1, 1979, when both he and his 64-year-old father, James Eppolito Sr., were fatally shot while inside their car. The double homicide was not a random act of violence, but a calculated execution rooted in the treacherous world of organized crime.
The Eppolitos, both made members of the Gambino crime family, had become entangled in a perilous dispute with a faction
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