'Rabbit Hole,' Episode 7: 'Where We Go One'

[0] From the New York Times, I'm Michael Babaro.

[1] Today, Rabbit Hole.

[2] Episode 7.

[3] Kevin?

[4] Yes.

[5] Allie's here.

[6] Hi, Kevin.

[7] Hey, Allie.

[8] Thanks for participating in our goat rodeo here.

[9] I love this subject, so happy to do it.

[10] Can you first, can you just sort of introduce yourself and your beat these days?

[11] So I'm Ali Watkins.

[12] I work at the Metro desk at the time.

[13] And my beat is largely the New York City Police Department, but that encompasses a whole lot of things, whether it's crime, counterterror, or we had a big spike in gang violence this year in Brooklyn, so we kind of hop around to all of that.

[14] And this story, the story you're here to talk about, where does it start for you?

[15] So it starts late on the night of March 13th this past year when I started getting frantic phone calls from my editor around 1130 at night.

[16] And I think when you're on the Metro beat and you're covering the police department, you get calls at that time of night and you think, you know, either a bridge is blown up or like a mob boss is dead.

[17] And it turns out it was the second one.

[18] In a brazen shooting straight out of a crime drama, 53 -year -old Francesco Frankie Boy Callie was found with multiple gunshot.

[19] Francesco Frankie Boy Kelly, gunned down last night.

[20] Known as Frankie Boy Callie, who is the underboss of the Gambino Crime Family.

[21] The Gambino Crime Family was once led by the legendary John Gotti is dead in Staten Island.

[22] The scene of the biggest mob hit in three decades.

[23] This is the first time a mob boss has been killed in New York City since 1985.

[24] Shakespeare said of kings, uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

[25] The same might be said of those who rise to the top of organized crime.

[26] They get there by violence, and often as not they leave by violence.

[27] And, you know, in the immediate aftermath of a mob murder like that, you know, there's a million things you're trying to figure out.

[28] And the biggest one is who killed him and, oh, my God, are there going to be more bodies dropping?

[29] Is this going to be some kind of mob war?

[30] Good.

[31] Good afternoon, everyone.

[32] I'm joined here today with Lieutenant Charlie Francis, the CEO of the 122nd.

[33] A few days after that call from my editor, after we've spent days trying to understand what happened.

[34] Earlier today, members of the Detective Bureau, together with our partners in the region, the police finally announced that they have a suspect.