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- In 1984, Scarfo ordered the death of Testa, one of his capos and his top hitman, as Testa's ambition and growing popularity made Scarfo feel threatened. [ 5 ] On September 14, 1984, Testa was shot by Salvatore [Wayne] Grande. He was found shot to death at the side of a road in Gloucester Township, New Jersey. [ 6 ]
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Death and aftermath. In 1984, Scarfo ordered the death of Testa, one of his capos and his top hitman, as Testa's ambition and growing popularity made Scarfo feel threatened. [ 5 ] On September 14, 1984, Testa was shot by Salvatore [Wayne] Grande.
Sep 14, 2019 · Salvie Testa was a rising star in the Scarfo mob during the early 80's appearing on the front page of The Wall Street Journal. He was killed in 1984 aged 28.
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Salvatore "Salvie" Testa (31 March 1956 – 14 September 1984) was a Philadelphia crime family hitman. He avenged his father Philip Testa's death by whacking many of his killers, but he was murdered on the orders of Nicky Scarfo in 1984.
Salvatore Testa was born in southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1956, the son of Philip Testa; Nicky Scarfo was his godfather. Testa went to Temple University for a year before going into the real estate business, and he later became involved with his father's drug trafficking, loansharking, and extortion rackets. In March 1981, Testa's father Philip was killed in a nail bombing, and Testa inherited most of his father's businesses. In January 1982, Testa was promoted to caporegime in the family, and a vengeful Testa was sent to whack his father's killers by his godfather. Testa killed Frank Narducci, Rocco Marinucci, and 13 other mobsters who had conspired to kill his father, and he was badly wounded in a June 1982 shooting at Lorenzo's Pizza in the Italian Market of Philadelphia.
Scarfo soon became jealous of Testa's rise to power within the family, and he was worried that he was becoming too powerful. After Testa offended underboss Salvatore Merlino by refusing to marry his daughter, and after the internal struggle with Harry Riccobene ended, Merlino and Testa decided that they could now eliminate Testa. On 14 September 1984, Testa was lured into the back room of a candy store in Philadelphia by his friend Joseph Pungitore. He greeted Salvatore Grande before talking with Pungitore, upon which Grande pulled a silenced pistol from under the cushions and shot Testa in the back of the head. Grande then stood up to shoot him again, killing him. His hogtied remains were found on the side of a road in Gloucester Township, New Jersey.
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Oct 11, 1988 · PHILADELPHIA -- Associates of reputed crime boss Nicodemo Scarfo stalked rival mob captain Salvatore Testa for months before enlisting Testa's best friend to lure him to his death, an...
Nov 15, 2019 · The suspected killers of the “Chicken Man” were all murdered in the ensuing years, reputedly on the orders of Mr. Testa’s son, Salvatore Testa, a charismatic alleged gangster who had been ...
On September 14, 1984, he shot and killed captain Salvatore Testa, the son of Phil Testa, who became boss of the Philadelphia mob for a brief period and who also inducted Grande four years earlier. [194]
Sep 21, 1984 · The younger Mr. Testa was found dead last Friday in Gloucester Township, N.J., his body bound with rope and two gunshot wounds in the back of his head. No suspects have been arrested in the...
