Revisiting the 1989 Halloween Night Shooting of Philadelphia Mob Figure Nicky Scarfo Jr.

On Halloween night 1989, While Dining on Spaghetti and Clams with Two Friends at a South Philadelphia Restaurant, Nicky Scarfo Jr. was Ambushed and Shot Multiple Times By A Masked Gunman

It was a scene straight out of a mob movie. 24-year-old Nicodemo S. Scarfo, more commonly known as Nicky Scarfo Jr. the son of then-imprisoned Philadelphia mob boss Nicky Scarfo had just settled into Dante & Luigi’s Italian Restaurant in South Philadelphia with two friends and was getting ready to enjoy some spaghetti and clams.

It was Halloween night in 1989, which explains why people did not pay too much attention when a man wearing a Batman Halloween mask and carrying a trick-or-treat bag walked into the restaurant and made his way toward Scarfo Jr.’s table. The masked man then reached into his trick-or-treat bag pulled out a Mac-10 semiautomatic machine pistol and fired numerous shots at Scarfo Jr. before slipping away amidst the ensuing chaos.

Nicky Jr. was hit nine times including his neck, chest, and arms. Fortunately, the bullets miss…