On Palm Sunday, April 15, 1984, in East New York, Brooklyn, 24-year-old Virginia Lopez was one of ten people killed in a single mass shooting later dubbed the Palm Sunday Massacre. The victims, found inside a Liberty Avenue home, included Lopez’s two young sons, 7-year-old Eddie and 4-year-old Juan, along with two other women, four more children, and a 13-month-old infant who survived. Authorities reported the victims were shot at close range and were discovered in relaxed poses on couches and chairs, suggesting they were taken by surprise.

Nothing appeared to be missing from the house, and investigators did not initially treat the incident as a robbery. Prosecutors later linked a suspect, alleging jealousy over an alleged affair involving the homeowner, Enrique Bermudez. A year after the killings, a conviction was returned on ten counts of manslaughter; the trial record noted the defendant had been using drugs and was experiencing extreme emotional disturbance at the time.

Does anyone have additional memories or information about the victims, the house on Liberty Avenue, or the events that night?