 Gunmen allegedly murdered Gioilli after inviting him to go fishing.Larry Gallo survived a strangulation attempt in the Sahara club of East Flatbush by Carmine Persico and Salvatore "Sally" D'Ambrosio after a police officer intervened.The Gallo brothers had been previously aligned with Persico against Profaci and his loyalists; The Gallos then began calling Persico ""The Snake"" after he had betrayed them.