Dominick Anthony Ragucci was an 18-year-old college student working as a door-to-door salesman to help pay tuition when he was killed on April 19, 1979, on Long Island, New York. The chase ran about seven miles through Amityville and Farmingdale and ended when DeMeo pulled alongside Ragucci’s vehicle and shot him, killing the unarmed salesman.

The public nature of the killing reportedly angered DeMeo’s superior Nino Gaggi and is said to have increased tensions within DeMeo’s crew. DeMeo was later murdered in January 1983 before facing prosecution for this killing; members of his crew were eventually convicted on racketeering charges that included other murders, and Ragucci’s death did not receive direct legal resolution.

If anyone knew Dominick Ragucci, his routes as a salesman, or saw the chase on April 19, 1979, please share what is known.