Flint is well known for its modern violent crimes but Flint's history is filled with little known stories that read stranger than fiction. Gruesome murders, weird accidents, and violent deaths. Join us every Thursday as Joe Schipani details some of the odd but true deaths he found in Flint's archives.
Italian
Feud March
1st, 1918
Joe Sopo, a married man with five
children, lived on St Johns Street in Flint, in the area known as the Italian
blocks.
One evening Joe got into a feud
with some friends at his brother’s house.
The guys started arguing about
women and money. After a few drinks Joe
stormed out in a rage.
The next morning as Joe was leaving
for work he was met by those friends. The guys decided to open fire on Joe.
Joe was found crouched on his
hands and knees on the sidewalk outside his home…dead.
The first bullet went right
through his head. He was killed instantly.
He also had gunshot wounds in the eye,
the right shoulder and the right arm.
When the Police arrived they
followed footprints in the snow to the Italian boarding house across the
street.
They found August Marchesani,
Frank Lucatelli, and Joe Fabrise in a room changing their clothes. Ladovice
Degaspari was hiding in the closet.
After the arrest, the
police searched the boarding house inside and out and found the automatic
pistols that were used to kill Joe.
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