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‘Palm Sunday Massacre’ killer quietly freed from prison
The fiend behind one of the most infamous mass shootings in city history — the “Palm Sunday Massacre” that left eight children and two young moms dead in Brooklyn in 1984 — has been quietly released from an upstate prison.
Christopher Thomas slaughtered the innocents in an East New York apartment on a rainy Palm Sunday — the blood-soaked culmination of a beef with the home’s owner, convicted cocaine dealer Enrique Bermudez.
Thomas, now 68, was released nearly three months ago and is believed to be living in Queens.
“He doesn’t deserve to be on the street . . . He killed poor, innocent children,’’ retired NYPD Lt. Herbert Hohmann, who led the investigation and testified against Thomas, told The Post on Friday.
Former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said Friday that Thomas’ “heinous crime” warranted the maximum penalty.
The killer was released from the Shawangunk Correctional Facility on Jan. 5 after serving two-thirds of his 50-year maximum sentence and fulfilling other criteria, including good behavior, said a state Department of Corrections spokesman.
“The parole board did not let him out,” the rep said.Thomas had been sentenced in 1985 to 25 to 50 years behind bars after being convicted of manslaughter. He dodged a murder rap because it was determined that his heavy cocaine use contributed to his actions.
https://nypost.com/2018/03/30/1984-palm-sunday-massacre-killer-quietly-freed-from-prison/
The fiend behind one of the most infamous mass shootings in city history — the “Palm Sunday Massacre” that left eight children and two young moms dead in Brooklyn in 1984 — has been quietly released from an upstate prison.
Christopher Thomas slaughtered the innocents in an East New York apartment on a rainy Palm Sunday — the blood-soaked culmination of a beef with the home’s owner, convicted cocaine dealer Enrique Bermudez.
Thomas, now 68, was released nearly three months ago and is believed to be living in Queens.
“He doesn’t deserve to be on the street . . . He killed poor, innocent children,’’ retired NYPD Lt. Herbert Hohmann, who led the investigation and testified against Thomas, told The Post on Friday.
Former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said Friday that Thomas’ “heinous crime” warranted the maximum penalty.
The killer was released from the Shawangunk Correctional Facility on Jan. 5 after serving two-thirds of his 50-year maximum sentence and fulfilling other criteria, including good behavior, said a state Department of Corrections spokesman.
“The parole board did not let him out,” the rep said.Thomas had been sentenced in 1985 to 25 to 50 years behind bars after being convicted of manslaughter. He dodged a murder rap because it was determined that his heavy cocaine use contributed to his actions.
https://nypost.com/2018/03/30/1984-palm-sunday-massacre-killer-quietly-freed-from-prison/
