Originally Posted by olivant
I also can't fathom that anyone would be able to murder two men like that so quickly.


From what we see on screen, it seems most likely that the dead guys were dead before the shooting, left there to point toward New York* and Pentangeli. Michael, of course, knew better.

*Brooklyn Bridge tie clasps, with matching Statue of Liberty/Empire State Building cufflinks.

"All of these men were good listeners; patient men."