On the morning of September 11, 1989, Fred Weiss, a Staten Island real estate developer and sanitation magnate, was fatally shot as he was leaving his girlfriend’s apartment. Two men approached him as he was getting into his vehicle and shot him multiple times in the head and once in the arm, leaving bullet holes in his Jeep. The killing was described as a brazen execution tied to fears among organized crime leaders that Weiss was cooperating with federal authorities.

Weiss had been an associate of both the Gambino and DeCavalcante crime families and faced a federal indictment for mail fraud and conspiracy linked to illegal dumping of medical and hazardous waste. Testimony later identified a DeCavalcante crew as carrying out the hit, with Anthony Capo named as the getaway driver and witnesses implicating Vincent Vinny Ocean Palermo and James Gallo as the shooters; Giovanni John the Eagle Riggi was also described as facilitating the murder.

The case unfolded through years of investigation and cooperating witness testimony that led to later indictments and convictions in connection with the plot. If anyone knew Fred Weiss, his movements that morning, or has information about the people around him then, please share what is known.