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On the evening of his death, Siegel was at the home of his mistress, Virginia Hill, accompanied by gambler Alan Smiley. At approximately 11:00 p.m., a gunman opened fire from a distance of less than 14 feet, striking Siegel with a total of nine shots from a .30 caliber military carbine. The brutality of the attack left Siegel severely injured, leading to near-immediate death. Various sources have detailed different motivations behind his murder, but conspiracies often point back to the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, a venture Siegel was heavily involved in.