 On March 21, 1980, an unknown gunman, believed to have been Caponigro's cousin Alfred Salerno, shot and killed Bruno in his car.After Bruno's assassination, Sindone's plan was to become underboss of the Philadelphia family with Caponigro as boss.However, less than a month later, Caponigro and his cousin were found stuffed in the trunks of two cars a few miles apart in the South Bronx section of New York City.