"Dead Fella", Way to Die #178, is the fifth death to be featured in "Getting A Rise From The Dead", which aired on February 16, 2011.
Plot[]
Two mobsters named Leo and Tony are setting out after former mobster Vito, who had been nabbed by FBI agents and agreed to testify against them in court. When the two see Vito getting in his car, a Chrysler 300C, they fit their pistols with silencers and get to work. Leo and Tony are on opposite ends of Vito's car and prepare to make the hit. When Vito drives by, Leo takes his chance but alas Tony never took his chance. What Leo and Tony didn’t know, however, was that the feds had installed bulletproof glass on Vito's car. When Leo fired his pistol, the bullet ricocheted off the windshield, and sliced through Tony's carotid artery at which point he bleeds to death.
Transcript[]
([] is playing)
Narrator: Leo and Tony were a couple of good fellas. Who worked as enforcers for the mob.
Tony: You don't think I can do it?
Narrator: Leo was a made man. And he had taken junior hitman Tony under his wings, to smooth the rough edges off his whacking technique.
(Tony applies silencer on his gun, [] is playing)
Fred Solmor: You do your first hit... They make you become a made man,
(Last time, Tony shot someone with stealth sniper)
Fred Solmor: and you build your own crew. And they learn as they go. You can't just walk up and whack a guy. It's not done that way anymore. If you do,... your ass is back in the can for murder one.
(The next upcoming victim shows up, [] is playing)
Narrator: Today, it was personal. Vito was a fellow mobster who had been nabbed by the feds. The word was he was ready to cut a deal, and bring down Leo and the rest of his crew.
(Leo also applies silencer on his gun)
Leo: Time to go. Let's get his car.
(2 mobs get out of the car)
Narrator: The two killers fitted their guns with silencers and went to work.
(Vito starts the car, 2 mobs take cover, show up, about to finish Vito for good)
Narrator: Leo fired...
(Leo fires but didn't shoot him in the heart or head, Vito escapes)
Narrator: but Tony never got the chance.
Leo: How did we both miss him?!
(Leo looks at Tony, but...)
Leo: Tony!!
(Tony bleeds out of his mouth, Death by Bells is playing)
Leo: Tony, what the hell happened?
(Tony dies, little did they know..., [] is playing)
Narrator: Leo didn't know the feds had installed bulletproof glass on the stoolie's car. The silencer slowed Leo's bullet,
(Just as Leo shoots, the bullet ricochets to Tony's carotid artery)
Narrator: and just enough so that ricocheted off windshield, and caught Tony in the neck.
(Future Worlds Music is playing, CGI shooter aims and shoots the car's windshield (Somewhat cracks), the bullet ricochets to the partner's carotid artery)
Peter Leffe: Ricochets are a function of a number of variables. The angle at the surfaces to the incoming bullet... the velocity of the bullet, and the characteristics of the surface itself.
(Leo is in trouble as his plan failed)
Leo: Ah...
Narrator: The bullet found Tony's carotid artery.
-Narrator: And he bled out, within seconds.
-Leo: God dammit...
(Leo leaves dead Tony behind, recap, [] is playing)
Narrator: Tony was a young hitman hoping to get made.
Tony: You don't think I can do it?
Narrator: But then his partner's bullet took a bad bounce.
(Leo shoots, the bullet ricochets to Tony's carotid artery)
Narrator: And now Tony will be layin' low... forever.
Cast and Interviewees[]
- Matt Monaco - Tony (lead: intended victim)
- Fred Solmor - Himself (Former Mob Enforcer)
- Peter Leffe - Himself (Ballistics Expert)
- Owen Hajuf - Vito (lead)
- Fred Akinnel - Leo (lead)
Trivia[]
- This is one of 3 deaths caused by bouncing bullets. The other two are Ji-Had It Coming and Rife-ill.
- This is the only death caused by bouncing bullets to take place outside of Afghanistan.
Segment Nickname[]
- Rico-Chet
- Necked
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