Charges in Fatal Italian Restaurant Shooting

The scene in a fabled Italian restaurant would have done “The Sopranos” TV writers proud. Police said Broadway chanteuse Rena Strober was singing at Rao’s, an East Harlem restaurant, Monday night when a patron, Albert Circelli, criticized her performance.

Reputed Luchese crime family associate Louis Barone told him to watch his mouth, but when Circelli swore, Barone shot him in the back, police said. A second shot fired by Barone hit another diner, Al Petraglia. Circelli died of his wounds. Barone appeared in Manhattan criminal court on charges of second degree murder, assault and weapons possession.