according to fbi agent joseph d. pistone, the murderers involved in the assassination of indelicato were nicholas santora, "sonny black" napolitano, john cersani, joseph massino, salvatore vitale, joseph desimone, vito rizzuto, louis giongetti, santo giordano, and gerlando sciascia. benjamin "lefty" ruggiero and john cersani were lookouts, and sent in after to clean up the massacre and dispose of the bodies along with santora, dominick napolitano, james episcopia, and robert caposio.