Gambino boss, Frank Cali, lured outside before being shot dead

The person who hit Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali seems to have fired the Gambino crime official out of his home in Staten Island by crushing the gangster's car, police sources said Thursday.

Investigators believe that 53-year-old Cali was in his Todt Hill home with his family on Wednesday night when the responsible person (s) crashed into the mafia boss's vehicle with a blue pickup truck pushing him out. sources.

Cali was then repeatedly injured on the street and was crushed before the truck drove away quickly. He was transported to the University Hospital north of Staten Island, where he was pronounced dead.

Someone called 911 about the accident – in addition to other calls regarding shots fired on the street, sources said.

Police were seen taking out a late-model silver Cadillac Escalade utility vehicle in a covered platform truck around noon on Thursday.

Cali is the first mafia leader murdered in the Big Apple since 1985, when Gambino president Paul Castellano was shot at the Sparks steakhouse in Midtown, under the orders of John Gotti.

Investigators are investigating whether the killing of Cali was punished by the five New York families or whether it was the work of a gunman, sources said.