i think the salvatore zottola attempted hit was mob related too, first he was not involved in drugs and second it was in throggs neck that it is a white neighborhood, usually street gangs commit murders in their zones, not outside i think it is ordered by basciano, probably they hurted him, or somebody who wants take over basciano
As stated by others, we can only speculate. Cons that used to work with Basciano have been turning up dead after he was sent away for a while now; Van Zandt's death for instance was also ruled suspicious. Basciano also had a real knack for forming ties with non-LCN groups; Black and Hispanic gangs, Albanians, Russians... Maybe he's behind things happening right now, maybe not. Who knows. I don't know how much power he still holds at the moment. What's certain is that someone really really wanted Zottola whacked; and maybe his son's about to follow.
