Ex-Cop Who Killed Family in Brooklyn Drunk Driving Accident Released from Prison

Joseph Gray was convicted of second-degree manslaughter in the drunk driving accident.

Saturday, Apr 28, 2012 | Updated 12:06 PM EDT

Ex-Cop Involved in Deadly Crash Out of Jail

There may be no room in the inn for inmates come Christmas Eve.

A former New York City police officer who drunkenly wiped out a family with his car has been freed from prison after a decade behind bars.

Joseph Gray was released Friday from a jail in Dutchess County.

On Aug. 4, 2001, the officer was headed to his precinct house in Brooklyn following a day of heavy drinking when he plowed his minivan into a family crossing the street.

A 23-year-old pregnant woman was killed, along with her 4-year-old son and 16-year-old sister. Doctors delivered the woman's baby by Cesarean section, but that child also died.

Gray was convicted of second-degree manslaughter.

His family told The Staten Island Advance in a statement that he's "thrilled" to be back home.

In the past he has said his crime was "inexcusable."

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