His father's death, although morbid as it may seem, was what Salvatore was waiting for, his hatred for Marco had kept growing over the years, despite Antonio forgiving Marco, Salvatore didn't, and he was waiting for his father to die so he could kill Forelli. He knew his father would never forgive him if he had killed Forelli while he was alive.
So it was decided - it was finally time to wipe out Marco Forelli.
Salvatore had a man within the Los Santos Police Dept on the payroll, not just any man – thee man, Head Police Chief - Arthur Sheridan. He was on the payroll for years ever since he was a street cop but was still good friends with Salvatore. The Don had a big job for him. It was understood that Marco Forelli was going to be visiting Los Santos that weekend – Salvatore wanted him dead.
Sheridan was reluctant. This could bring a lot of heat onto him; he had just been cleared of corruption charged by the Supreme Court. Salvatore offered him $250,000 dollars for the hit. Sheridan said no more. It was a done deal.
23rd February 1981, Marco Forelli arrived in Los Santos on business. That afternoon he and his entourage of men went to the Downtown cemetery to pay respects to an old associate. The stopped at a gravestone and lowered their heads. In a heartbeat Marco Forelli was hit square in the head by a sniper's bullet. The blood splattered all over the gravestone and Marco's body fell to the floor in a crumpled heap. His men panicked and randomly fired shots. The sniper was never found.
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Back in Liberty the news spread like wild fire, Sonny Forelli was crushed. He had been running the family under the supervision of his father Marco but now he was all alone – he took full control. Sonny's underbosses were uneasy about this. They knew he wasn't ready to be Don, but no one dared challenged Sonny. Sonny wanted revenge – but could not be sure who put out the hit on his father. The Sindaccos or the Leones were the only 2 suspects. He knew he didn't see eye to eye with Salvatore so it could have been them but The Sindaccos could have still been bitter about the Harwood Massacre. There was only one option – He had to rub out both Salvatore and Antonio. He knew for sure this would mean a full scale war with both, which is why he wanted to wait for right moment. Right now the Forelli family was still recovering from the death of Marco. Sonny waited.
In 1982 the Sindacco family withdrew from Las Venturas and returned to Liberty. With the death of Marco Forelli, Antonio Sindacco saw that Sonny could never hold the family together and the Forellis would be finished within a few years, this meant all the Forelli's action would be up for grabs if they didn't act the Leone's would take it all.