Paulie Leisure wanted to control St. Louis' underworld and he was prepared to kill anyone who stood in his way. In using car bombs to take out Tony Giordano protégé Sonny Spica and then Jimmy Michaels, the venerable head of the Syrian-Lebanese faction, he unleashed a bloodbath known as the "St. Louis Mob War." Part of the Crime Story universe. https://www.elllipsisworld.org