On a late summer afternoon in Brooklyn, 50-year-old Frank Santora was shot dead while walking on Thursday, September 3, 1987. He and 30-year-old Carmine Varriale were both killed in what police described as a gangland-style execution. Early speculation suggested Varriale might have been the intended target and Santora a bystander, but their documented underworld connections complicated that theory.

Santora had alleged ties to the Colombo or Bonanno crime families and a criminal record dating to 1955, including a prison term for transporting stolen securities. Investigators considered a possible motive linking the killings to revenge for the earlier murder of Pasquale Varriale, which some believed involved Santora.

Who in the neighborhood remembers Santora or Varriale that September afternoon, and does anyone have information that could further clarify why both men were targeted?