An elderly loan shark with ties to a mob family was found dead of an apparent suicide in his Brooklyn home — but detectives are looking into the possibility that he was murdered, police sources said Saturday.

Vincent Zito, 77, was found dead inside his Emmons Ave. home in Sheepshead Bay about 3:15 p.m. on Friday.

He died of an apparent gunshot wound to the head, and a pistol was recovered from his home, cops said.

Yet his ties to organized crime and his history as a loan shark has detectives turning over every stone to see if this was more than what it currently looks like — a suicide.

Police are hoping the results of his pending autopsy will help determine what happened.


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