After Phil rejected Tony's offer of compromise on an asbestos-removal project, he then refused to meet with Tony after Tony brutally beat one of Phil's men, Salvatore "Coco" Cogliano, for insulting and threatening Tony's daughter, Meadow. Phil responded by ordering a hit on Tony and two of his top associates, Bobby Baccalieri and Silvio. He thought that with the Soprano Family leaders gone, their remaining members would fall under the control of the Lupertazzi family. The hits on Bobby and Silvio went nearly as planned with Bobby killed and Silvio incapacitated. Tony and Paulie Gualtieri had a sit-down with Butch, Albie, and Little Carmine, brokered by New York Boss George Paglieri, to negotiate a peace. Unhappy with Phil's leadership, they gave permission for Tony to have Phil killed, though Butch refused to tell Tony where to find Phil. But FBI Agent Harris, in return for information Tony gave him about potential terrorists, told Tony that Phil had been making phone calls from a particular pay phone in Oyster Bay. Tony sent two men to stake out the phone booth. Phil was shot in the head by DiMeo soldier Walden Belfiore while he was exiting his family SUV at the gas station where the phone booth was.