Luca Brasi Sleeps With Fishes

"I’ma little worried about this Sollozzo pillow. I want you to find out what he’s got under his sleeves. Go to the Tattaglias' club, and tell them you're not happy with our Family, and uh, find out what you can."

- Vito Corleone

After turning down Virgil Sollozzo's offer, Vito Corleone becames a little worried and sent his best man, Luca Brasi, on a mission to infiltrate the Tattaglia family and find out what Sollozzo was planning.

Prelude
Brasi managed to gain the attention of Bruno Tattaglia by attending his Strip Club, Curso!, and making it known that he was unhappy with his lot in the Corleone family. When Tattaglia arranged for a meeting between the three, Brasi called for his protege, Charlie Trapani, and strapped on his bullet proof vest before driving to Midtown.

The Firefight
"Now if anything happens, get outta there fast and find Monk."

- Luka Brasi

Trapani waited in the nearby background and watched as Brasi, Sollozzo and Tattaglia talked. He was unable to assist when a hitman whipped out a garotte wire and strangled Luca to death. However the assassin noticed Charl and Bruno took a shot at him. The Corleone Security Guard fought his way through to the bar and killed the assassin, but his employers had already fled. Shocked and confused, Trapani fled back to his safehouse and called Marty Malone, who agreed to meet him the following day.