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Hymie Weiss and George “Bugs” Moran shot Torrio and his chauffeur with a . 45 automatic and a .
In this way, did Torrio try to kill Capone?
In January 1925, Torrio was gunned down outside his Illinois home. He survived the attack but left Chicago later that year, choosing 26-year-old Capone as his replacement.
Also to know is, how did Johnny Torrio die?
Heart attack
The newspapers of his day made him better known as Dion O'Banion, although he never went by that first name. He led the North Side Gang until 1924, when he was shot and killed, reportedly by Frankie Yale, John Scalise and Albert Anselmi.