The longtime manager of San Francisco\u2019s famed Condor Club \u2014 a topless bar that helped define North Beach nightlife \u2014 was gunned down outside his Santa Rosa home by two former employees-turned-lovers who plotted the attack together, police allege.<\/p>\n
Mark Calcagni, 60, was found shot to death around 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 3 in a bike lane along Brookwood Avenue near Birdfoot Way, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Police on Saturday announced the arrests of Richard Lund, 43, and Asia Morton, 25, in connection with the killing.<\/p>\n
Mark Calcagni, 60, was found shot to death around 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 3 in a bike lane along Brookwood Avenue near Birdfoot Way, authorities said. GoFundMe<\/p>\n
Both once worked under Calcagni at an adult entertainment venue and were romantically involved despite their 18-year age gap, investigators said.<\/p>\n
Detectives believe Lund ambushed Calcagni after waiting for him to return home from a late-night shift, then fled the scene.<\/p>\n
\u201cDetectives remained persistent, following leads through witness interviews, surveillance footage and digital evidence,\u201d Santa Rosa police said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir efforts ultimately led to the identification of two suspects.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lund was arrested Friday at the couple\u2019s Dublin, Calif., apartment complex, where officers executed a search warrant and seized evidence tied to the slaying, officials said.<\/p>\n
The Condor Club \u2014 which opened in 1964 and calls itself America\u2019s first topless bar \u2014 confirmed his death in a statement to Fox News Digital. Loop Images\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/p>\n
A short time later, Morton was taken into custody at San Francisco International Airport <\/a>after returning from international travel, police said.<\/p>\n Authorities have not disclosed a motive but said the pair planned the attack before the shooting.<\/p>\n Calcagni, a fixture in San Francisco\u2019s adult entertainment scene, managed both the Condor Club and Vanity San Francisco, another nearby jiggle joint, according to police and colleagues.<\/p>\n Calcagni, a fixture in San Francisco\u2019s adult entertainment scene, managed both the Condor Club and Vanity San Francisco, another nearby jiggle joint, according to police and colleagues. GoFundMe<\/p>\n \u201cHe became one of the Mount Rushmores of Broadway,\u201d Wolfgang Welch, who recently took over management duties at Vanity, told the San Francisco Chronicle.<\/a><\/p>\n