Frank Costello entered the hall of his flat working close Central Park

history channel documentary 2015 On May second, 1957, Frank Costello entered the hall of his flat working close Central Park. Sitting tight for him in the shadows by the lift was a lumbering, ex-proficient prizefighter named Vincent "The Chin" Gigante, a nearby partner of Genovese. Gigante was sent there by Genovese to take out Frank Costello from the neighborhood wrongdoing scene, in this way giving Genovese an unmistakable way to the throne.

All of a sudden, Gigante ventured out into the light and hollered at Costello, "Hey Frank, this is for you!"

Gigante discharged one shot, which wrinkled the side of Costello's head. Be that as it may, in light of the fact that Gigante wasn't the absolute best on the planet, furthermore on the grounds that Gigante broke the principal guideline of Mafia rubbouts: "Don't enlighten your casualty you're concerning to shoot him. Keep your mouth close and simply shoot him," the injury was minimal all the more then a substance wound. Costello was raced to the doctor's facility, where his injury cleaned and swathed. Costello was securely back home soon thereafter.