A
reputed Bonnano crime family associate survived two bullets in a
botched mob hit Wednesday outside his $2 million Bronx home barely a
month after his father was targeted just 4 miles away, authorities said.
Alleged
mobster Salvatore "Sally Daz" Zottola was leaving his home on Tierney
Place in Throggs Neck when he was ambushed by a lone shooter at 6:40
a.m.
Zottola,
41, was hospitalized in serious but stable condition after he was shot
in the chest and right hand. He also suffered a graze wound to the head,
authorities said.
It
was unclear if the shooting was related to a June 12 incident where
Zottola’s dad Sylvester, 71, was arrested after squeezing off several
shots at a man who pulled a gun on him around 7:30 a.m. outside his
Bronx residence. Sylvester Zottola was arrested for weapons possession,
reckless endangerment and other charges, and did not have a permit for
the gun.
The
family patriarch, identified in court papers as a Lucchese family
associate, also survived a Dec. 27, 2017, stabbing in the neck and back
when he walked into his home to find three people burglarizing the
place.
Both
father and son were affiliated with former Bonanno family boss Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano until the gangster was jailed for life after a
2007 murder conviction.
The
gunman who targeted Salvatore Zottola fired four shots before climbing
into a waiting getaway car and fleeing. No arrests were made in the
shooting of the younger Zottola nor in either of the violent incidents
with his dad.
“We
want to thank everyone for their kind words, but you can go f---
yourself,” a Zottola family member said outside the Jacobi Medical
Center, where Salvatore was hospitalized.
Salvatore
Zottola and his relatives apparently own three pricey four-story homes
on the street overlooking the water on the eastern tip of the Bronx. One
of the homes near the Locust Point Marina is marked with a sign reading
“Zottola Court.”
Salvatore "Sally Daz" Zottola (left) sits with Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano
before Basciano was sent up the river for life in 2007.
The
street outside bore signs of the investigation, including discarded
blue surgical gloves and small orange cones marking recovered shell
casings. A folded yellow towel rested on the ground nearby.
Zottola was apparently home alone while his wife and their two children were down at the Jersey Shore, when the gunfire erupted.
Neighbor
Joe Peloso, 78, described the younger Zottola and his relatives as good
neighbors who often hosted parties for local residents in their
beachfront backyard with its pier and his Jet Skis.
Back
in 1999, Salvatore Zottola allowed Basciano’s mistress to stay in one
of his Bronx homes — unaware a mob investigator had just moved in across
the street and was monitoring his moves. The elder Zottola partnered
with the owner of the Hello Gorgeous hair salon in running lucrative
Joker Poker machines, court documents showed.
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