There were 3 Ciancaglini brothers,John,Joe,and Michael.Their father is finishing a long prison term from the Scarfo trial.John who I believe is the oldest was always aligned with the Merlino crew.Also the youngest one Michael was Merlino's running buddy.Apparantly one night in early March of 1992 a couple of Stanfa's guys followed Michael home from a basketball game.They opened fire on him just before he was able to get in his house.He believed one of the shooters was his middle brother Joey who eventually became Stanfa's underboss.Exactley a year later in March of 1993 the famous hit attempt caught on tape at the Warfield Luncheonette that Joey ran almost cost him his life as he was shot at point blank range.They say that was Michael taking revenge.Eventually in Aug. of 1993 Michael was killed while walking with Joey Merlino outside their clubhouse.John Veasey and Philip Coletti were the gunman.At this time John was finishing a 7 yr. prison term for extortion.He got out in Jan. 1995 and in Oct. of that yr. he supposetley took part in the hit on John Veasey's brother,Billy.I think it all boiled down to John,Michael and Joe.Sr. were all aligned with the Merlinos [the father was actually good friends with Chuckie Merlino,Joey's father].So the middle brother Joe who was with Stanfa was outnumbered in the family.