

Tommy informs Sonny of the ambush and is reminded that Sonny is "not a man to be screwed with" Sonny makes it clear he wants his money and his drugs back. Only Tommy, Ken, and the other dealer escape the attack. The drug deal turns into an ambush, and Harry, Lee, and one of the drug dealers are killed. Tommy flies to Vice City along with Harry and Lee, meeting Ken Rosenberg at the airport, before immediately driving to a drug deal at the docks. Fearing that Tommy is "too well known" in Liberty City, and also wanting to expand into the drugs trade in the south, Sonny sends Tommy to Vice City. In 1986, Tommy was released from prison after Sonny "pulled some strings". He was nicknamed "the Harwood Butcher" by the press.Įvents of Grand Theft Auto Vice City - 1986 Tommy remained in prison for fifteen years, refusing to divulge any Forelli Family secrets to the LCPD. Tommy was sentenced to death for the murders, but since he kept quiet and turned no evidence on the Forelli Family, Sonny Forelli used judicial connections to commute the sentence.

He was arrested and convicted of eleven counts of murder. However, Tommy not only survived, but also killed all eleven men that were sent to kill him. In 1971, Sonny Forelli, growing apprehensive of Tommy's increasing power, attempted to set up an ambush for him, under the guise of a hit in Harwood. He continued to work with the Forelli Family, making his way up the ranks and presumably becoming a made man.

Sometime prior to 1971, Tommy joined the Forelli Family. Dialogue spoken by Tommy while fighting indicates that he had a bad relationship with his mother. Tommy had planned to follow in his father's footsteps, but, in his own words, "led a different life". His father worked in a printing shop and as a child, Tommy used to clean the rollers with him. Thomas Vercetti was born in Liberty City in 1951.
