Palm Sunday massacre (homicide)

Palm Sunday massacre
Palm Sunday massacre (homicide) is located in New York City
Palm Sunday massacre (homicide)
Location1080 Liberty Avenue
East New York, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.[1]
Coordinates40°40′42″N 73°52′10″W / 40.678203°N 73.869449°W / 40.678203; -73.869449
DateApril 15, 1984; 40 years ago (1984-04-15)
Attack type
Mass shooting, mass murder, home invasion
WeaponsTwo handguns (.22-caliber pistol, .38-caliber revolver)[2]
Deaths10
Injured0
PerpetratorChristopher Thomas
ConvictionsFirst 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]

  1. ^ "The Courtroom Sketches of Ida Libby Dengrove - Palm Sunday Massacre". University of Virginia Law School Archives. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  2. ^ "Man Convicted of Manslaughter In Slayings of 10 Women and Children". AP News. July 19, 1985.
  3. ^ "10 IN BROOKLYN ARE FOUND SLAIN INSIDE A HOUSE". The New York Times. April 16, 1984. Retrieved January 3, 2016.