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Christopher Buggs was awaiting trial for a 2018 killing in Bed-Stuy when he was prematurely released on Monday, officials said. (NYPD.)
BROOKLYN, NY — Police have launched a manhunt for a Brooklyn murder suspect who was mistakenly released from Rikers Island this week.
Christopher Buggs, 26, was prematurely released from the Otis Bantum Correctional Center on Rikers Island on Monday, Department of Correction officials confirmed.
Buggs had been charged with second-degree murder in 2018 for the fatal shooting 55-year-old Ernest Brownlee outside a Bed-Stuy bodega on Throop Avenue, according to police. He had been jailed without bail while he awaited his trail, according to the Daily News.