Aurelius Cirillo, a 36-year-old Brooklyn based Profaci mobster was shot to death in September of 1963 by his married girlfriend, Mrs. Rose Ann Sirico, as they lay drunk and named in bed at the Franklin Arms Hotel, on Orange Street in Brookly. Police said the killing was “almost certainly an accident during a bit of drunken gunplay”

The .38 bullet caught the gangster dead center in the middle of his forehead shortly after 3 A.M. The shot was fired from only inches away from him.

The two had been carrying on the affair for at least three years. They met at least once a week, apparently without the knowledge of Cirillo's wife, Theresa. Mrs. Sirico, 23, married William Sirico, a printer, six years ago but the two were separated. Cirillo lived with his wife and three children a half block away at President Street near Gallo headquarters. Rose knew Mrs. Cirillo.

Cirillo’s record included pinch’s for policy, bookmaking, felonious assault and consorting with criminals, but he  was never convicted on any of those charges.

The couple drank at the Bon Villa, a bar and grill, at 42 Smith Street Brooklyn, (The entire area is now a four lane road, having been bulldozed in the 1990s) until 2:30 A.M. Cirillo, known for his liquor capacity, was said to have drunk an astonishing amount of booze before they the ginmill and drove in his car to the hotel and paid $11 for the room.

When they got into the room, Cirillo took his loaded .38 from his belt and pointed it at Rose Ann.

She told him: "Don't be silly, put it down."

So he threw it on one of the beds. Both disrobed and got into bed together. For some reason Rose Ann could not explain, she asked him for the gun.

He gave it to her, and she pointed it at the center of his forehead. He said: "Oh, come on, you wouldn't have the nerve to pull that trigger. I dare you."

Rose, 5 foot 2, weighing 110 pounds, has worked off and on as an elevator operator in downtown Brooklyn buildings

pulled the trigger, and the gun went off and the bullet plowed into the mobster's head. Rose Ann screamed and dropped the gun. She threw on a dress and hysterically ran down to the desk clerk and told him what had happened. The clerk called the police as Rose Ann screamed over and over again "If he dies, I want to die,"

Rose Ann was booked on a homicide charge.

Cirillo was one of the hoods who had tried to strangle Larry Gallo to death inside the Sahara Lounge at Utica Ave. and Avenue D in Brooklyn, on Aug. 20, 1961. Cirillo drove the getaway car.

Cirillo moved his family to an undisclosed address on Long Island after it became known that he was one of the hoods who tried to kill Gallo.

Just before he was killed, the law had come down hard on Cirillo because they wanted him to testify about the Larry Gallo incident. The cops had jailed him three times in the past two years for various issues that would not hold up in court.