In 1992, Nicholas "Nicky Black" Grancio, a reputed captain in the Colombo crime family, was gunned down in Brooklyn. David S. Burns/AP The Colombos just took a hit. The entire administrative ...

Crime scene detectives examine the body of Nicholas (Nicky Black) Grancio, a Colombo soldier shot behind the wheel of a car at Avenue U and McDonald Ave. in Gravesend, Brooklyn.

Colombo family underboss Joseph Scopo was killed on 110th Street in Ozone Park on Oct. 20, 1993. (New York Daily News) Sparacino began taking credit for the killing, which angered Pappa and Curcio ...