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Gaetano Reina ( Italian: [ɡaeˈtaːno reˈiːna]; September 27, 1889 – February 26, 1930) was an Italian-American gangster. He was an early American Mafia boss who was the founder of what has for many years been called the Lucchese crime family in New York City. [1]
The founder of the Lucchese Crime Family was Gaetano Reina, who was born in 1889 in Corleone, Sicily. During his criminal career he spent many years as Capo in the Morello Crime Family, but by the 1910’s the Morello family began to fall into chaos, and the family became weaker.
Jul 10, 2024 · On this day in 1930 the first boss of the Lucchese family, Gaetano Reina was shot in the back of the head with a double-barrelled shotgun. The man behind organizing the hit was Lucky Luciano, who was given orders to get rid of Reina by Joe Masseria after Reina switched sides in the Castellemmarese War that raged on between 1930 and 1931. Reina ...
Jan 20, 2021 · The opening salvo in the war was fired within the Masseria faction when on February 26, 1930, Masseria ordered the murder of an ally, Gaetano Reina. Masseria gave the job to a young Genovese, who killed Reina with a shotgun.
Gaetano Reina was an Italian-American gangster. He was an early American Mafia boss who was the founder of what has for many years been called the Lucchese crime family in New York City. He led the family until his murder on February 26, 1930, on the orders of Joe Masseria.
On Wednesday night, February 26, 1930, Gaetano Reina was helping Maria Ennis into his automobile in front of 1521 Sheridan Avenue, when a sawed-off shotgun erupted nearby and slugs ripped through his body. The shooter tossed his weapon aside and fled. Reina fell into the street.
Mar 14, 2024 · On February 22 1930, Gaetano Reina who controlled his own mob in The Bronx, went to spend some time with his comare, Marie Ennis at her apartment at 1521 Sheridan Avenue. As he left, late in the evening, he was blasted to death.
Gaetano "Tommy" Reina (27 September 1889-26 February 1930) was the boss of the Lucchese crime family, leading it from its foundation in the 1920s until his death in 1930; Joseph Pinzolo succeeded him after his murder.
The Morello gang eventually evolved into the Lucchese Crime family which was controlled by Gaetano Reina. [2] Reina was able to establish the Lucchese family as a powerful organization by avoiding conflicts with other gangs as well as dominating the New York prohibition era bootlegging scene.
Feb 21, 2020 · He ordered the death of a former ally — Gaetano Reina, head of the Lucchese crime family — and tainted his reputation with other allies in the process. In August of 1930, a Castallammerese ambush killed Giuseppe Morello in his office and deprived Masseria of much-needed advice.
