He Sat in His Car and Watched His Boss Get Executed 😳 #JohnGotti #crime #organizedcrime #fbi

December 16, 1985. 6:17 PM. Manhattan, New York. Paul Castellano, the boss of the Gambino crime family, arrived at Sparks Steak House for a business dinner. He stepped out of his Lincoln Continental onto a busy Manhattan sidewalk filled with Christmas shoppers. Within seconds, six shots rang out. But the most chilling detail? John Gotti, Castellano's underboss, sat in a parked car across the street... watching the entire assassination unfold. He didn't just order the hit. He came to watch. This was the last major public mob assassination in American history. After this moment, the Mafia would never operate so brazenly again. The age of open mob violence in America ended on that cold December evening. Gotti took control of the Gambino family that night. He became "The Dapper Don," the most famous mobster since Al Capone. The media loved him. He wore expensive suits, won court cases, and seemed untouchable. But his decision to execute his boss in public drew unprecedented FBI attention. The same boldness that made him famous would destroy him. The strangest part? The FBI had extensive surveillance on the Gambino family. They had cameras positioned throughout that area of Manhattan. Yet somehow, they claim to have "missed" the actual thirty seconds of the assassination. It took twenty years for them to release the surveillance photos... and when they did, questions remained.