Curse of the Pharaoh

On this date in 1929 twenty-six year old James Rocco was in a Queens hangout known as the Pharaoh Social Club with four other guys. While the five men were discussing whatever it was that men inside the Pharaoh Social Club discussed three men entered and asked if any of them knew the address of a guy named James Marino. None of the men had heard of Marino so the trio left. The question about Marino was just a ruse however because the men were just checking to see if Rocco was on the premises. Once they knew their target was inside each man drew a gun and the threesome re-entered the club and fired a volley at Rocco. Rocco dropped dead with three bullets in him as the gunmen ran out to a waiting car and sped off.