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Posted on 07/19/2014 6:13:12 PM PDT by BBell
Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies found a racketeer and a riddle when they pulled over a van in Metairie two months ago. The racketeer was Joe Gagliano, the 55-year-old son of a reputed New Orleans mob underboss. The riddle was what he was doing in a van outfitted with what appeared to be gun ports, with a sniper rifle and silencer inside.
Late one night a patrol deputy got a tip from a "credible and reliable source" that there was a van with stolen plates, driving on Metairie Road near the Orleans Parish line.
When they pulled over the van, deputies found a loaded .22-caliber rifle with scope wrapped in a piece of carpeting in the back, and a black metal cylinder -- a silencer -- lay in a side compartment, a May 7 arrest report says.
Wooden kitchen chairs were mounted in the cargo area, facing out sliding glass windows that had been installed behind the driver's seat and in one of the back windows. Other windows in the back of the van had been painted over. Underneath a sandbag that was holding one of the chairs in place, deputies found 8 feet of "cannon fuse."
The driver of the van, 72-year-old Dominick Gullo, was booked with possession of stolen property -- the license plate -- and posted bond. Gagliano was "allowed to depart," the report states.
Five weeks later, however, both men were charged in federal court with weapons offenses. They've been in federal custody since.
Mandeville Police Chief Rick Richard saw a report about the arrest more than a month later on television, and he was puzzled. "I have heard it called a 'sniper van,' but I don't know what to make of that," he said.
In the early 1990s, Richard was an FBI agent assigned to the
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Do mobsters ever retire?
There’s only two ways out for his type. Dead or in prison.
a .22LR is not a sniper rifle. But the story is still odd.
***.22-caliber rifle with scope***
A sniper rifle? Come on! Every kid around here has one of those!
Now where did they find ammo for it!
Inspired by the DC snipers, who used a similar system. The removed trunk contents, drilled a small hole in the trunk and removed back-seat paneling.
This permitted a shooter to lay in the back seat and trunk and shoot through the closed trunk lid.
Law enforcement pulled over NUMEROUS whites driving white vans, but the culprit vehicle proved nothing like that. Also the actual bust was done by responsible citizens, NOT by officers.
The younger shooter nearly escaped from questioning via ceiling panels and ducting —he was 90% out of the building, in fact.
Last fact:
The motive for the shooting spree was a CUSTODY matter of the elder shooter with his wife —the younger shooter didn’t know that and was trying to “please Allah” and his “adoptive father”.
Not a sniper rifle, but it is a Ruger 10-22. A real tack driver.
Yep “White Van” was racis dog whistle for “White Man”...
Simple answer is NO!
They have no conscience and no values. What they love is power and control..... kind of like the elite in DC
Thugocracies exist in many places
A 22-250 or even a .22mag makes a nice sniper rifle. Of course a .223 is a military standard.
Old School New Orleans gangbanging thugs.
No telling how many kids in New Orleans that they have murdered.
.22LR is a excellent choice for certain situations.
Indeed it is. Inside 150 yards in the hands of a skilled shooter it is quite lethal.
Quiet too.
Really! I was at Walmart last week about 7:30 am. 4 boxes of .22 lr had come in over night. There were seven people in line that wanted them.
my Brother in Law has some .22 lr ammo
At least a few hundred rounds. Make an offer! Want me to take a pic?
IDF used to use them...maybe still do.
You can trick out the 10-22 and make a real tackdriver.
Lemme guess. The first man in line bought the limit of three boxes. The second man bought the last one. The others got nothing.
At least a few hundred rounds. Make an offer! Want me to take a pic?
Lol, thanks for the offer my fellow Texan, but I have about 500 rds. I only use it to shoot racoons, and possums that would like to make their domicile under my house.
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