Palm Sunday massacre | |
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Location | 1080 Liberty Avenue East New York, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. [1] |
Coordinates | 40°40′42″N73°52′10″W / 40.678203°N 73.869449°W |
Date | April 15, 1984 |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder, home invasion |
Weapons | Two handguns (.22-caliber pistol, .38-caliber revolver) [2] |
Deaths | 10 |
Injured | 0 |
Perpetrator | Christopher Thomas |
Convictions | First degree manslaughter (10 counts) Second degree criminal possession of a weapon |
The Palm Sunday massacre was a mass shooting in Brooklyn, New York, that resulted in the deaths of ten people: two women, two teenage girls, and six children. There was one survivor, an infant girl. [3]
All of the victims were shot, with a total of 19 bullets fired from two handguns at close range, most in the head, and were found in relaxed poses sitting in couches and chairs, suggesting that they had been taken by surprise. There were no signs of drugs or robbery at the home. [4] [5]
In 1985, Christopher Thomas was convicted on ten counts of manslaughter, but was cleared of murder charges. The jury had convicted him of intentional murder, but the charges were reduced due to "extreme emotional disturbance" and Thomas being high on drugs. Prosecutors said the motive was jealousy, [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] claiming Thomas suspected his wife of having an affair with the home's owner, a convicted cocaine dealer named Enrique Bermudez. Thomas's wife testified her husband was "enraged" over finding her at the Bermudez residence without him and set fire to his and her shared residence when she told him she was leaving him. Bermudez claimed Thomas had once asked Bermudez to have sex with Thomas's wife, but Bermudez declined.
Other witnesses testified they had seen Thomas “looking bizarre” in or near the residence earlier on the day of the murders. Bermudez confirmed this, saying Thomas had visited him that morning asking for drugs and cash. When Bermudez asked about some $9,000 Thomas already owed him, Thomas reportedly promised a surprise. [11]
Thomas was sentenced to from 83 to 250 years, but due to state law was expected to spend no more than 50 years in prison. [12] He ended up serving just over 32 years before being released in 2018, having served two thirds of the maximum fifty years allowed by New York State. [13]
The sole survivor, an infant girl, was raised by her grandmother. Joanne Jaffe, at the time a "beat cop" and by 2014 the highest ranking female officer in the New York City Police Department, was assigned to the infant girl, and stayed in contact with her as she grew up. The girl lived with Jaffe starting at age 14. In 2014, after the death of the girl's grandmother, Jaffe adopted her at the age of 31. [14]
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