until he found him. He killed Bernie McLaughlin walking out of the Morning Glory bar in Charlestown in broad daylight and in front of almost one hundred witnesses on October 31, 1961. He was originally arrested along with Alex Petricone but the witness who picked them out later recanted and they were released. Alex Petricone, who was not a killer, was sent out to California by McLean to stay out of the gang war. Petricone started taking acting lessons, changed his name to Alex Rocco and became an actor. One of his first roles was playing Moe Greene in The Godfather movie. Death Although he was acquitted of the murder charge, McLean went to prison for two years for illegal possession of a firearm. Leading the Winter Hill Gang against their Charlestown rivals for more than two years, McLean was finally shot dead by Stevie Hughes as he left the 318 Club on Broadway, Winter Hill. He was succeeded by Howie Winter then, later, by James "Whitey" Bulger. References 1929 births 1965 deaths American adoptees American crime bosses 1965 murders in the United States American gangsters Deaths by firearm in Massachusetts Murdered American gangsters of Irish descent People acquitted of murder People from Somerville, Massachusetts People murdered in Massachusetts People murdered by Irish-American organized crime Winter Hill Gang Gangsters from Boston