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Alberto Maldonado

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Apr 15, 1984

Victim Details

Alberto Maldonado

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Brooklyn

NY

1984-04-15

5

Alberto

Maldonado

07/24/2026

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On a tragic Palm Sunday, April 15, 1984, a five-year-old boy named Alberto Maldonado was among ten people who lost their lives in a brutal mass shooting inside a Brooklyn apartment. The horrific event, which unfolded at 1080 Liberty Avenue in East New York, would come to be known as the 'Palm Sunday Massacre.' Alberto, along with his three-year-old brother Noel, their mother Carmen Perez, and seven other individuals, were senselessly murdered in what was one of the city's deadliest mass killings ...
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  • Oxygen Official Site: Palm Sunday Massacre Killer Christopher Thomas Released After 32 Years In Prison | Oxygen Official Site
  • 10 IN BROOKLYN ARE FOUND SLAIN INSIDE A HOUSE (Published 1984)
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