NY Parole Board frees 37th cop-killer in 6 years: ‘It’s a disgrace’By Tina Moore
Published Sep. 16, 2023
A convicted murderer who fatally shot an off-duty NYPD officer during a robbery in Brooklyn nearly 40 years ago was released on parole earlier this week — the 37th cop killer in the state granted their freedom in just six years.
Alexander Evans, who gunned down Officer James Holmes on March 23, 1986, was sprung from Otisville Correctional Facility on Monday after the state Parole Board decided in favor of his release, state records show.
Evans, 57, was serving 32 years to life for killing Holmes, 47, an NYPD housing cop with 17 years on the job who left behind a wife and four children.
Of the 37 cop killers released since 2017, 33 were murdered NYPD officers.
“It’s pathetic,” said retired NYPD Sgt. Edward Burmeister, who responded to the shooting the night Holmes was murdered.
“To me it makes no sense. [The Parole Board] just seems committed and focused on making everything look good. You’re releasing people that committed heinous crimes,” the 22-year veteran of the NYPD added.
Holmes was off duty and visiting a friend when Evans robbed him in the Van Dyke Houses in Brownsville, knocking him unconscious.
Evans, who was on probation for a 1984 robbery conviction at the time, took the officer’s gun and holster and left, but immediately returned and shot him four or five times in the chest in cold blood.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/09/16/ny-parole-board-frees-37th-cop-killer-in-6-years/
