Anonymous asked this question on 3/20/2000:

Do you know a little information on how John Gotti became the mafia boss and when?

Detective gave this response on 3/20/2000:

In December, 1985, John Gotti and his colleague Sammy the Bull Gravano and the conspiratorial group of ten men called the "Fist" had pulled off the first major gangland assassination since Albert Anastasia had been hit in 1957. The boss, Paul Castellano was murdered at their direction while exiting his car. In the next few days all New Yorkers and much of the rest of the world would know the name John Gotti as he skyrocketed to fame as the daring new head of the Gambino crime family.

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