Shootout in Ragna Rock and death Main article: Shootout in Ragna Rock After beating him a bit, Gognitti, fearing for his life, told Max that Lupino is located at his own nightclub, Ragna Rock. After killing all of the underboss' bodyguards, Max finally captured Gognitti. Gognitti was shot by Max but managed to escape the undercover detective on New York's rooftops. Having no other tie to Lupino other than Gognitti, Max tracked down Lupino's right-hand man and confronted him. After the deaths of the Finitos and Rico, Lupino's tenement building was blown up by Vladimir Lem, head of the rival Russian Mob. Due to his state and other businesses, Lupino had placed Vinnie Gognitti in charge for a Valkyr trade deal. Max also killed Rico Muerte and Candy Dawn, who were staying in the hotel during Payne's time of investigation. Seeing no other way, Max killed the Finito brothers after they attempt to shoot him dead. Max arrived at Lupino's hotel, only to have found the Finitos in charge and Jack not there. Following the death of his partner Alex Balder, Max began to believe that Lupino was behind Alex's death in order to keep the DEA agents away from his business. In the winter of 2001, Max got information that Lupino may have been the one behind the murder and so targeted him. In summer 1998, Max Payne's family was murdered by Valkyr junkies, prompting him to seek revenge. Valkyr case Becoming a suspect Main article: Roscoe Bank Heist Though it's not shown in the game, the film loosely based on the first game, clearly shows how they met. He also met Max Payne once, though it is unknown what happened during that meeting.

He became so mentally unstable that he blew one of his thug's brains out only because he wanted to see what they would look like on the wall. He began to read many mythology and gothic books related to devils and demons and made rituals based on these books. Lupino owned both a hotel and nightclub called RagnaRock and put the Finito brothers in charge of the hotel's operations.Īt some point prior to 1998-2001, Lupino became addicted to Valkyr and became clearly insane worshiping various devils from many myths and believing that he was a wolf and a messenger of Hell.

At some point, Jack Lupino joined the crime family of Angelo Punchinello and became an underboss of the family and Angelo Punchinello's right-hand man. His name and affiliation imply that he is of Italian heritage.

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