Matthew Petrulio is a character in A Tale of Two Families who serves as a minor antagonist, alongside Harley Facile .
Background[]
Matthew Petrulio was born in 1963 to an Italian-American family. He grew up with his friend, Harley Facile in Queen City and the two eventually became member of the Fontana Crime Family .
Events of A Tale of Two Families[]
In 1987, Matthew and Harley are assigned by Sonny Fontana to kill Christopher Alphonzo , the nephew of Ricardo Gambinuchi . The two become associates of the Gabinuchi Crime Family and begin working in Christopher's crew and become his friends. During their time with him they pull off several small scale heists, one with Geno LaForelli . After the final heist, the two make a plan to kill Chris and eventually drive by a store that Chris is shopping at and once he exits, Harley shoots him numerous times but he is able to crawl out of sight and Harley goes to finish him but is shot and killed by a badly wounded Christopher and Matthew speeds off. Several days later, Matthew is captured and taken to a warehouse where he is personally killed by Ricardo.
Trivia[]
- Chronologically, Matthew is the first character to be killed by Ricardo in the series.