Frank "Frankie Shots" Abbatemarco (c. 1899 Red Hook, Brooklyn - November 4, 1959 Park Slope, Brooklyn) was a New York mobster in the Profaci crime family who was a major policy bank operator. Abbatemarco's murder would spark a significant conflict within the family. Red hook crew Born in Red Hook, Brooklyn to first-generation immigrants from Sassano, Italy, Abbatemarco joined the Profaci crime family as a young man. He was the father of Colombo mobster Anthony "Tony Shots" Abbatemarco. By 1952, Profaci was operating a numbers operation in South Brooklyn that was grossing $2.5 million per year.
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