Furio, Here are the additional ones I posted on BHF
October 10, 1928 - Norris McFall- a police constable with ties to the underworld. The gunman was alleged to have said "That's what you get for fooling with Charlie Wall" before he shot McFall.
July 26, 1931 - Angelo Lazzara (I just added date). Shotgun used
January 10, 1932 - Mrs Fernando Serrano - they were aiming for her husband, Fernando Serrano, involved in bolita rackets. He was unharmed. Shotgun used
September 27, 1932 - Armando Valdez was shot in his home by three gunmen. Mario Zarate, brother of drug and bolita kingpin George Zarate, was convicted.
August 6, 1935 (attempted) - Dr. Vic Rosenthal wounded by .12 shotgun blast. Paid to keep it out of the papers
July 24, 1936 - Gus Perez - Ybor City furniture store owner involved in arson ring. Testified against some mobsters, including Mario Perla. Shotgun used
November 5, 1936 (attempted)- George Zarate shot and wounded in front of the El Dorado gambling house in Ybor City. Shotgun used
November 26, 1936 - Frank Corroa, former NYC cab driver found shot to death in a salt marsh near Port Tampa Bay
December 21, 1936 (attempted) - Angeloe Greco, produce dealer, shot at by a passing car with shotgun. Minor wounds. Shotgun used
January 31, 1937 - Eddie Virella, partners with TIto Rubio in gambling houses, shot and killed by his house in Ybor. Shotgun used
October 30, 1939- Bullet riddled body of Henry Hull is fished out of the Hillsborough River in Tampa. He had ties to the smacker mob's bolita operations in the city of Lakeland, about 20 miles east of Tampa. Shotgun used
August 27, 1951 - Armando "Flaco" Flores, bodyguard for Sal Italiano, shot in a social club in West Tampa. Jimmy Cali was the gunman.
February 18, 1953 - St. Pete bolita kingpin Charlie Williams was gunned down outside a barbershop in Ybor City.
Jan 2, 1953 (attempted) - Santo Trafficante Jr is shot in the arm by a gunman in a passing car. Shotgun used
May 5, 1953 (attempted)- Jimmy Longo, Trafficante bodyguard, is shot at in Tampa. No injuries. Shotgun used
June 2, 1953 Anotnio Italiano (related to Salvatore Italiano) and Dominic Ferraro (father of Paul Ferraro) drove up from Tampa to New York City and were never heard from again. Rumor is they went to meet with NY mafioso to discuss the Trafficantes.
June 6, 1953 - Henry Hicks and Paul Ferraro. A gunman tried to shoot Ferraro in the SIlver MEteor Bar, where he worked, but instead hit a janitor, Hicks, killing him. Shotgun used
March 8, 1959 - Bennie Lazzara, produce dealer, shot and killed. Shotgun used.
July 2, 1958 - Joe "Pelusa" Diaz, is shot and killed near the Woodlawn Cemetery in Tampa. A major bolita and gambling kingpin, he knew he was going to be killed and wrote a letter to the police naming the suspects in the murder beforehand.
