It´s possible that one of the shooters was Joe N. Gallo, a member of that Lower East Side crew that planned the murder, and who in the late 1960s became the consigliere. According to a story I just heard (and I have no reason to suspect the story´s credibility), Gallo was very much involved with the Anastasia murder. The entire Gambino Family was in line against Anastasia with one or two guys (Rava and Robilotto) who might be a problem. But in the end, they weren't. All the planning came from Lower East Side, near 11th to 14th street. The Genovese and Gambino people were using clubs there to meet, so they would not be spotted all around the city. Carmine Persico and Joe Yacovelli were around too. All the Families were along. Joe Bonnano says in his book he was not involved, maybe he was deceived by his own captains or did not want to say he knew. He could have been indicted for murder if he said in his books that he knew Anastasia was going to be killed.

In days leading up to Anastasia´s hit, hit squads were in cars going around to spots where they would try to kill him. One such squad was in that barbershop day before the shooting. If Anastasia was there that day, that team would have killed him. Next day, the same were sent to another spot. All squads were rotated, so they would not be identified by people seeing them in same place over and over. So that day, when Anastasia was hit, Joe N. Gallo and his guys were at the barbershop. If Anastasia did not go to his regular places, whoever caught him next day would have gotten him.