TY  - BOOK
AU  - Deitche,Scott M.
TI  - Hitmen: the mafia, drugs, and the east harlem purple gang 
SN  - 1538196948
AV  - HV6452.N72 E273 2024
U1  - 364.10609747/1 23/eng/20240417
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield
KW  - East Harlem Purple Gang
KW  - Mafia
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Organized crime
KW  - Histoire
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-169) and index
N2  - In the late 1970s, a string of seemingly unconnected murders had law enforcement at their wits' end until they realized several commonalities. The victims were all either Mafia members or potential witnesses of Mafia activity, and they'd all been shot by .22-caliber pistols traced back to a single private sale in Florida. Law enforcement suspected a rogue sect of Mafia hitmen known as the East Harlem Purple Gang. From back cover
ER  -