The owner of a famed Brooklyn pizza joint once at the center of a mob war over the theft of a pizza sauce recipe was gunned down in front of his home Thursday night in a targeted hit, theNew York Postreports.
Louis Barbati, 61, an owner of L&B Spumoni Gardens in Bensonhurst was steps from his front door when he ambushed by a man in his 30s, wearing a hoodie, the Post reported.
Barbati was shot five times and screamed out for his wife as he lay dying with $10,000 in a plastic bag and a loaf of bread in his hands, the Post reported.
Barbati’s Italian immigrant grandfather founded L&B in 1939. The pizzeria is best known for its Sicilian pizza and ices and regularly appears "best of New York" lists.
The owner of a famed Brooklyn pizza joint once at the center of a mob war over the theft of a pizza sauce recipe was gunned down in front of his home Thursday night in a targeted hit, theNew York Postreports.
Louis Barbati, 61, an owner of L&B Spumoni Gardens in Bensonhurst was steps from his front door when he ambushed by a man in his 30s, wearing a hoodie, the Post reported.
Barbati was shot five times and screamed out for his wife as he lay dying with $10,000 in a plastic bag and a loaf of bread in his hands, the Post reported.
Barbati’s Italian immigrant grandfather founded L&B in 1939. The pizzeria is best known for its Sicilian pizza and ices and regularly appears "best of New York" lists.
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