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Virginia Lopez

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Apr 15, 1984

Victim Details

Virginia Lopez

Female

Hispanic / Latino

Brooklyn

NY

1984-04-15

24

Virginia

Lopez

07/08/2026

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On a rainy Palm Sunday, April 15, 1984, in the East New York section of Brooklyn, 24-year-old Hispanic female Virginia Lopez was tragically killed in a mass shooting that would come to be known as the Palm Sunday Massacre. The horrific event claimed the lives of ten people in total, including Lopez's two young sons, 7-year-old Eddie and 4-year-old Juan. The victims, who also included two other women and four more children, were found inside a house on Liberty Avenue, having been shot at close ra ...
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  • All That's Interesting: New York Man Who Killed 10 – Including 8 Children – Released From Prison
  • 10 IN BROOKLYN ARE FOUND SLAIN INSIDE A HOUSE (Published 1984)
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