<p class="title">The reputed boss of New York's Gambino crime family, Francesco "Frank" Cali, was shot dead outside his New York home, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cali, thought to have headed the family since 2015, suffered "multiple gunshot wounds to the torso" in front of his home on Staten Island on Wednesday evening, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The New York Daily News reported Cali, also known as "Franky Boy," was shot six times then hit by a blue truck in which the suspects fled.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police added he was taken to Staten Island University North hospital, where he was pronounced dead.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"There are no arrests and the investigation is ongoing," police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cali had served 16 months in prison following a 2008 extortion conviction.</p>.<p class="bodytext">US media reported the 53-year-old's death marked the first murder of a New York mob boss in 34 years, since the death of Paul Castellano -- another Gambino family boss -- by order of John Gotti.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Following Castellano's murder, Gotti headed the Gambino family until his incarceration for conspiracy and murder in 1992. Gotti died in prison in 2002.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Gambino family is one of the New York's five historic Italian mafia families -- along with the Genovese, Lucchese, Colombo and Bonanno families.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to local media in New York, Cali took the helm of the family in 2015, replacing Domenico Cefalu.</p>
<p class="title">The reputed boss of New York's Gambino crime family, Francesco "Frank" Cali, was shot dead outside his New York home, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cali, thought to have headed the family since 2015, suffered "multiple gunshot wounds to the torso" in front of his home on Staten Island on Wednesday evening, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The New York Daily News reported Cali, also known as "Franky Boy," was shot six times then hit by a blue truck in which the suspects fled.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police added he was taken to Staten Island University North hospital, where he was pronounced dead.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"There are no arrests and the investigation is ongoing," police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cali had served 16 months in prison following a 2008 extortion conviction.</p>.<p class="bodytext">US media reported the 53-year-old's death marked the first murder of a New York mob boss in 34 years, since the death of Paul Castellano -- another Gambino family boss -- by order of John Gotti.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Following Castellano's murder, Gotti headed the Gambino family until his incarceration for conspiracy and murder in 1992. Gotti died in prison in 2002.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Gambino family is one of the New York's five historic Italian mafia families -- along with the Genovese, Lucchese, Colombo and Bonanno families.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to local media in New York, Cali took the helm of the family in 2015, replacing Domenico Cefalu.</p>