Vincent Governara, 34, was shot on June 12, 1976, in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and died a week later from his wounds. The killing grew out of a long-standing grudge traced back more than a decade to a street fight in which Governara broke the nose of Gambino family soldier Anthony Nino Gaggi after comments made toward Gaggi’s sister-in-law. Gaggi reportedly tried to bomb Governara’s car before the fatal ambush.

According to accounts, Governara was ambushed and shot multiple times by Gaggi and Roy DeMeo; Gaggi’s nephew Dominick Montiglio was also present and later said his participation served as his initiation. DeMeo was later murdered in January 1983. Gaggi was indicted on racketeering and multiple murder charges but died of a heart attack in 1988 during his trial; he was not convicted for Governara’s death. Dominick Montiglio later became a government witness and provided testimony about the DeMeo crew’s crimes.

Does anyone have additional details about Governara’s life in Brooklyn or who might remember that neighborhood in 1976?