On the night of March 18, Joseph Luparelli, a Colombo crime family associate, discovered that Joe Gallo was celebrating his birthday with family at Umberto's Clam House in the Little Italy section of Manhattan. Luparelli quickly found Colombo mobsters Carmine DiBiase, Philip "Fat Fungi" Gambino and two other soldiers in a nearby Chinese restaurant and they all headed to Umberto's to get Gallo. Once at the restaurant, Luparelli and Gambino blocked traffic while DiBiase and the two soldiers entered the front door. DiBiase was allegedly the hitman who shot Gallo twice before his bodyguard Pete Diapolous could draw his gun. The three hitmen continued shooting Gallo as he staggered out of restaurant and collapsed on the sidewalk. A total of 15 shots were fired and Crazy Joey Gallo was dead.