On June 28, 1971, Colombo was shot three times by Jerome Johnson at the second Italian Unity Day rally in Columbus Circle sponsored by the Italian-American Civil Rights League; Johnson was …

Jun 28, 2018 · An unknown third party felled the suspected shooter of Joe Colombo and was never apprehended despite heavy police presence at the rally. Paramedics resuscitated Colombo as they …

Jun 27, 2022 · On June 28, 1971, Colombo was shot three times at the second annual rally by Jerome A. Johnson. The shooting left Colombo paralyzed. He later died of cardiac arrest on May 22, 1978.

May 25, 2022 · During the second Italian Unity Day rally, Jerome A. Johnson, a 24-year-old African-American, had shot Joe Colombo. Johnson attended the rally posing as a news reporter and …

Jul 7, 2024 · Boss of the Colombo crime family from 1964 to 1971 and founder of the Italian-American Civil Rights League, Joe Colombo was shot in 1971, leading to his death in 1978.

Jun 23, 2025 · As reported by the New York Daily News, on June 28, 1971, the day of the second Italian Unity Day Rally in Columbus Circle in New York, Jerome A. Johnson shot Joe Colombo three times.

As Joe was about to take the stage to address the crowds, Jerome A. Johnson, a gunman posing as a photographer stepped towards Colombo and a point blank range shot him 3 times in the head.

Jun 30, 2025 · On June 28, 1971, at Italian Unity Day in Columbus Circle, a celebration turned into chaos when Joe Colombo was shot in front of a massive crowd. In this video, Michael Franzese …

Jun 29, 1971 · Colombo's assailant, a 25‐ year‐old black man named Jerome A. Johnson, of 88 Throop Avenue, New Bruns wick, N. J., was shot to death at the scene, but it was still not clear last night …

On June 28, 1971, Colombo, speaking at an Italian-American rally in Columbus Circle, was shot by a young black man, who was himself immediately slain. Colombo was probably the target of the …