On the evening of October 1, 1982, 16-year-old Christopher Thomas went to Rockaway Townsquare Mall in Rockaway Township, New Jersey, with a 14-year-old companion to see a movie and buy an anniversary present for his parents. As they approached the Inner-Six Theatre shortly after 9:00 p.m., a man who had been leaning against a wall pushed Christopher’s companion aside, produced a handgun and fired a single point-blank shot into Christopher’s chest. Christopher stumbled into the mall and was taken to Dover General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:26 p.m.

More than twenty witnesses described the shooter as a white male in his early 20s, about 5 feet 5 inches, thin, with shoulder-length dark hair parted in the middle and a slight dark mustache. He wore a blue coat, light-colored t-shirt, blue jeans and mirrored sunglasses; some witnesses thought the hair might have been a wig and suggested he could have been dressed for a late-night Rocky Horror Picture Show screening. Two teenagers chased the suspect but he escaped near a lower JCPenney entrance. No arrests have been made and investigators have not identified a definitive motive; a reward remains available for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Did anyone who was at the mall that night or who remembers seeing someone matching that description come forward with information?