#Ex-con busted for double murder in NYC charged with committing 3rd homicide

An ex-con busted in July for carrying out a double murder in a blond wig has been charged with committing a third homicide a week earlier, prosecutors announced Monday.

“This defendant allegedly went on a murderous crime spree, ruthlessly killing two men and a woman over the course of a week,” said Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez in a statement announcing Charles Hernandez’s indictments on three counts of murder and other charges. “The defendant allegedly brazenly shot them in broad daylight.”

Hernandez, 47, allegedly gunned down Kenneth Singleton, 35, on June 20 at about 11 a.m. near Milford Street and Blake Avenue in East New York, officials said.

Singleton was washing his car near his home when Hernandez allegedly approached him from behind and shot him. Prosecutors didn’t disclose a motive for the slaying.

A friend of Hernandez, Liza Jenkins, 47, was hit with hindering and tampering raps for allegedly helping him get rid of the clothes he wore during the killing, officials said.

One week later, Hernandez, disguised in a blue trench coat and blond wig, used an AR-15-style rifle to spray 27 rounds at Stephanie Perkins, 39, and Chioke Thompson, 23, as they sat on a stoop on Van Siclen Street, also in East New York.

After the murder, he was captured on surveillance video fleeing down the street, carrying the assault rifle as people are heard wailing in the background. It’s unclear what sparked the deadly shooting.

Authorities caught up to Hernandez July 9 in West Virginia, where he was arrested after he barricaded himself inside a home.

The accused gunman, who also goes by Charles Joy, served two stints in prison, one for assault and another for weapons possession. He was let out on parole in 2018, according to public records.

He’s due back in court Oct. 22.  If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.