Background
Leo Lanzetta was born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1895 to Italian American parents Michele and Ignatius Lanzetta.
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Leo had five other brothers, with whom he formed a bootlegging and drug trafficking gang. Leo had five other brothers: Ignatius, Pius, Willie, Teo, and Lucien. Leo being the oldest and Pius being the second oldest.
The brothers controlled bootlegging in Little Italy.
The Lanzetta brothers ran their gang with extreme violence and expanded into drug trafficking and numbers writing. Leo and Ignatius murdered Joe Bruno on August 18, 1925, at 8th and Catherine Streets.
Four days later, as Leo left a barbershop at 7th and Bainbridge Streets, an unknown assailant killed him in retaliation for the murder of Bruno. Sabella is Leo"s suspected killer.
In the series, Leo is the inspiration for Leo Doctorate"Alessio, the co-leader of the Doctorate"Alessio gang.
In the last episode of season one, Leo"s throat is cut by Nucky"s bodyguard James "Jimmy Irish" Darmody in November of 1920.
