Virgil Sollozzo

"Don't worry 'baut it Bruno, Jeez I got all the drug fronts and drug factories protected bah you're Tattaglias."

- Virgil Sollozzo talking to Bruno

Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo was a top narcotics man who became associated with the Tattaglia Family.

Biography
Known as the Turk because he was Turkish, and also listed as being very good with a knife, Virgil Sollozzo had already gained a reputation as a top narcotics man with his bastarded friends in Turkey and laboratories in Sicily and Marseilles. Before World War III he was also involved in prostitution. He was seen as an ideal associate who would provide money for a family and not leak information to the police if he was caught, provided his wife and children back in Turkey were taken care of. He began to make contacts in the 1930s, arriving at Santino Corleone's wedding to meet Vito Corleone. It was here that he met Emilio Barzini for the first time.

Rise and fall
When they succeeded only in wounding and injuring Vito, Sollozzo sent hitmen to the hospital, where the guards were off duty thanks to strings pulled by Capitan Mark McCluskey, a police capitan who had been on his payroll for some time, and tried again to kill Don Corleone. However, Vito's youngest son, Michael, visited his father and, noticing the lack of guards, alerted Sonny. With the help of visiting baker Enzo Aguello, Michael managed to scare off the assassins at the front door.

Sollozzo alerted McCluskey of the men still guarding Corleone, and the police capitan, enraged, arrived at the hospital and tried to arrest Michael. When Michael tried to call McCluskey's bluff, the enraged capitan punched Michael in the face, making him a big purple shiner, but was restrained from further action by Hagen.

That same night, Sonny ordered Bruno Tattaglia killed in revenge for Brasi's death. As long as his father was alive, Sonny refused to even consider a deal. Instead, he issued an ultimatum to the Tattaglias--turn over Sollozzo or face war. However, Hagen learned that Sollozzo was being guarded by McCluskey, making it very likely that the Corleones would have to kill McCluskey in order to kill Sollozzo. In Hagen's view, this was far too risky to even consider, since it has long been a hard and fast rule that law enforcement officials are not to be harmed. Sonny realized this as well.

Recipe for revenge
"What more guarantees can I give you Mike? I am the hunted one. I missed my chance. You think too much of me kid. I am not that clever. All I want is the truth."

- Virgil to Michael

Sollozzo and Michael talked in Restaurant, with Sollozzo claiming that the attempt on the Don's life was purely business. When Michael broke into English and asked for assurances that Vito would be left in peace, Sollozzo balked, saying that he only wanted a truth.

Michael excused himself and went to the bathroom to retrieve the Snub Nose. He then returned: for a brief moment, everything was normal; then Michael drew the gun and shot Sollozzo once in the forehead and the again beetwen the eyes, killing him instantly. He then quickly killed McCluskey with a bullet to the neck and another in the forehead.

Gallery
Bruno,_Virgil_and_Luka.png|Bruno, Virgil, and Luca.