Neddie Herbert

When his boss, Benjamin Siegel, moved out to Los Angeles, California, Herbert did the same.

On June 20, 1947, Siegel was murdered by an apparent East Coast Mafia hitman with a .30 Caliber military M1 Carbine.

[3] When Siegel was murdered, his right-hand man, Mickey Cohen became the boss of his criminal empire spanning from L.A. to Burbank to Las Vegas.

Dragna soon began to eliminate Cohen's lieutenants, one-by-one; he ordered the deaths of: Harold Rothman, Frank Niccoli, Anthony Brancato, and several others.

[5] A failed shooting attempt was made with several people injured: reporter Florabel Muir, Dee David (an actress), Cohen, Harry Cooper (a bodyguard assigned to Cohen by Frederick N. Howser), and Herbert was injured.