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Suspected Gambino Mob Boss Killer Tried to Make a Citizen’s Arrest of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio: Report

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Anthony Comello is accused of fatally shooting Gambino mob boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali last Wednesday.

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Anthony Comello, the man suspected of fatally shooting Gambino mob boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali outside his Staten Island home last Wednesday, once tried to make a citizen’s arrest of Mayor Bill de Blasio, the New York Post reported Tuesday. Comello, 24, allegedly showed up outside City Hall a few months ago to protest the NYC mayor and demanded “Hizzoner behind bars,” according to police sources. Investigators believe Comello murdered the crime family boss after he was barred from dating his 24-year-old niece, law-enforcement sources told the newspaper.

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