[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] But after the arrest on Saturday of a 24-year-old man who lives with his parents, it appears the old-school crime figure may have been the victim of an angry young man with a gun and a grudge, but apparently no mob ties. Law enforcement officials said they are looking at the possibility that the accused killer, Anthony A. Comello, had a romantic interest in one of Mr. Cali’s female relatives, and that the crime boss had told him to stay away. Mr. Comello’s arrest was in some ways a sign of the times in an era when the city’s mob clans have become accustomed to a smaller, less powerful role in the criminal and economic culture. Weakened over several decades by a campaign of prosecutions, the Mafia has become less likely to resort to violence — even as gun violence and mass shootings have become a common occurrence in the United States.

Source: New York Times March 17, 2019 19:49 UTC