An admitted Mafia soldier survived an attempted hit on an East Harlem street that cops suspect was ordered by rival wiseguys, law-enforcement sources told The Post yesterday.
Enzo “The Baker” Stagno, 47, of Whitestone, Queens — who told cops he was a made man in the Bonnano crime family — was struck in the chest Wednesday as he made a phone call in his SUV parked at East 111th Street and First Avenue, the sources said.
Stagno suffered only a graze wound in the failed rubout.
Investigators suspect it was an assassination attempt ordered by the Luchese crime family, the sources said.
Stagno was treated at St. Luke’s Hospital and then taken to the 23rd Precinct for questioning.
At first, he denied he had mob ties, but later admitted he was a Bonanno soldier, the sources said.
“Somebody definitely tried to kill him. Somebody definitely wanted him dead,” said a law-enforcement source.
“He said he had enemies,” said another source.
Stagno was parked on East 111th Street in his 2009 GMC Yukon at about 6 p.m. when he heard a “loud bang” — and the driver-side window shattered.
He felt a “pinch” on his chest and dived into the back seat, sources said.
Another shot rang out, but it missed him, and Stagno spotted the suspect walking toward Second Avenue, the sources said.
A witness told cops he saw the shooter walk away from the scene and jump into a yellow cab.
The motive for Stagno’s shooting remained unclear last night, and the suspect was still at large.
There was no answer at Stagno’s door in Queens yesterday, and he did not return calls for comment.
Tensions have been mounting between the Bonanno and Luchese families, sources said.
The feud is linked partly to the Bonannos’ effort to rebuild their ranks by recruiting more wiseguys — possibly without consulting the other families, sources said.
The Bonannos have fallen on hard times in recent years with the arrests of bosses Joseph Massino, Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano and Nicholas “Nicky Mouth” Santora, and the murder of another boss, Salvatore “Sal the Ironworker” Montagna.
Additional reporting by Dan MacLeod