22-08-2013, 02:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 25-08-2013, 03:21 PM by Tracy Riddle.)
Here's an interesting part. The killing of Bugsy Siegel was the only American mob hit that I'm aware involving a sniper rifle.
"The bullet through his eye was a phenomenal shot. The sofa sat at an angle to the window, and 'the killer almost had to shoot around the corner,' concluded the FBI. The man who cradled the carbine on the pergola, and his partner beside him, were never charged or prosecuted, though their identities would be known by officials in Nevada and Washington. Like [Benny] Binion's casino manager Louis McWillie, they were associates of Jack Ruby - the Chicago hoodlum who moved that year to Dallas."
According to other sources, the rifle used was a 30.06 and the two men were Dave Yaras and Lenny Patrick.
"The bullet through his eye was a phenomenal shot. The sofa sat at an angle to the window, and 'the killer almost had to shoot around the corner,' concluded the FBI. The man who cradled the carbine on the pergola, and his partner beside him, were never charged or prosecuted, though their identities would be known by officials in Nevada and Washington. Like [Benny] Binion's casino manager Louis McWillie, they were associates of Jack Ruby - the Chicago hoodlum who moved that year to Dallas."
According to other sources, the rifle used was a 30.06 and the two men were Dave Yaras and Lenny Patrick.