Man Questioned in Killing of Reputed Gambino Mob Boss on Staten Island, Police Say – The New York Times

The police on Saturday were questioning a Staten Island man in connection with the fatal shooting of the reputed boss of the Gambino crime family, a law enforcement official said.

Several officials said preliminary information suggested that the killing was not related to organized crime but one cautioned that the inquiry was still in its early stages. The unidentified man, 24, had not been charged, the Police Department said in a statement on Saturday.

The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the case, said the man, was taken into custody on Saturday morning in New Jersey and was being questioned by the authorities. The official earlier had given the man’s age as 25.

Francesco Cali, the reputed boss of the Gambino crime family, was fatally shot outside his home on Staten Island on Wednesday night.