This page is not available in other languages. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Media blackout on the real cause of San Francisco crime, Police investigate break-in at slain Detroit neurosurgeons home, Doomsday Mom Lori Vallows hair found on tape wrapped around dead sons body: DNA expert, Family of girl, 6, decries heinous murder after body found in bucket, dads gal pal charged. After a multi-year investigation, 44-year-old Long Island resident Andres "Andy" Fernandez was convicted on Dec. 9, 2016 of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in the case of Barbati's death, per The Brooklyn Reporter. UPDATE: Murdered L&B Spumoni Gardens Co-Owner Had $10K in - New York This story has been shared 397,374 times. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! Copyright 2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. We knew hed been shot numerous times. Andres Fernandez, of Melville, Long Island, was found guilty last week of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession in the June 30, 2016 killing of 61-year-old Louis Barbati. Co-Owner of Famed Brooklyn Pizzeria Shot at Brooklyn Home - People This US-based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub. As mouth-watering L&B's pizza is, its history actually has some ties to criminal organizations. Police described him as a white male in his 30s wearing a black hooded sweat shirt. http://www.wsj.com/articles/man-arrested-in-killing-of-brooklyn-pizzeria-co-owner-1478214290. The Brooklyn district attorneys office eventually dropped the initial attempted robbery and murder charges associated with the case. Barbati was gunned down about an hour after he left his pizzeria while carrying over $15,000 cash in a plastic bag, authorities said. Slain owner of Brooklyn pizzeria L&B Spumoni Gardens likely victim of [5] The restaurant has been featured on the show Man v. Food. Was Voodoo Involved in Edna Pierre-Jacques Death? As police looked for answers, the story that Barbati's murder could be mafia-related became headline news. Fernandezs trial began in December 2019. However, the mob connection line of investigation led to a dead end. The owner of a famed Brooklyn pizza joint once at the center of a mob war over the theft of a pizza sauce recipe was gunned down in front of his home Thursday nightin a targeted hit, the New York Post reports. So, what really happened to him? Per Gothamist, Frank Guerra, an alleged Columbo crime family associate whose ex-wife owned a stake in the pizzeria, reportedly attacked Eugene Lombardo outside of his Staten Island pizzeria, The Square, in 2011. known to intimates by his nickname of LuLu.
