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On the evening of November 24, 1991, in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, 52-year-old Henry Smurra, known as Hank the Bank, was fatally shot while sitting in the driver’s seat of his 1989 Lincoln Town Car outside a Dunkin’ Donuts at approximately 6:45 pm. The killing was described as part of a larger, bloody struggle for control of the Colombo crime family rather than a random act.

Authorities believed Smurra’s murder was a retaliatory strike after a recent attempt on the life of reputed Colombo capo Gregory Scarpa Sr. Reports identify Smurra as a soldier loyal to the Persico faction and say the order to kill him was given by William Billy Fingers Cutolo, who allegedly led the hit team five days after the Scarpa attempt. The slaying became one of several violent episodes that prompted Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes to convene a grand jury and issue subpoenas to reputed Colombo members.

Are there details about Smurra’s movements that evening or witnesses who were not interviewed publicly that could shed more light on the shooting?