Joseph DiLeo

Background

Joseph "Joe Tuna" DiLeo was born around 1981 in Alderney City and served as an enforcer for Jimmy Pegorino's crime family. Like his crewmates Luca Silvestri, a close friend, and Johnny Barbosa, he answered to Ray Boccino and was officially on the books of the Liberty Sanitation Department. His LCPD file lists grand theft auto (1998), promoting gambling (2001) and armed robbery (2004) and describes him as a low-level hood hoping to rise in the family.

Events of Grand Theft Auto IV

In Taking in the Trash, Ray pairs Niko Bellic with DiLeo's crew to retrieve the diamonds that Johnny Klebitz dumped in two trash bags in Algonquin, an event tied to Diamonds in the Rough in The Lost and Damned and Frosting on the Cake in The Ballad of Gay Tony. Unidentified gunmen ambush the group, but all four get away. In Meltdown, the crew betrays Ray and Niko to keep the money. Niko kills DiLeo and the others in Middle Park and takes the diamonds back to Ray. DiLeo is 27 when he dies.

Trivia

• He is voiced by Pete Pavio and is associated with the Pump Shotgun.
• In Meltdown he insults Niko with an anti-Eastern European slur.
• Unlike Luca and Barbosa, his police database entry never marks him as deceased.