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BY KERRY BURKE , JOE KEMP AND LARRY MCSHANE / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

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A news conference was held Tuesday to announce the capture of the suspect in Officer Arthur Lopez’s death. The double-homicide suspect, Darrell Fuller, allegedly shot another man, jumped into his car and sped off before abandoning it and taking off on foot.

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Raymond Facey was killed along with a police oficer on the Cross Island Parkway.
A murderous ex-con blew away a Nassau County cop and an innocent motorist Tuesday during a rampage that ended when he shot himself and was captured after a massive manhunt.

Darrell Fuller, who did five years for a 2004 attempted murder, exchanged a few brief words with Officer Arthur Lopez before blasting the highly decorated officer in the chest, cops said. He was not wearing a bulletproof vest.

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The gunman then forced a Brooklyn man off the Cross Island Parkway before pumping a bullet into the terrified victim’s head, cops said.

“Someone is chasing me,” driver Raymond Facey, 52, told his daughter in a phone conversation just seconds before Fuller pulled the trigger and stole his car.

BILL KELLY

Officer Arthur Lopez, 29, was fatally shot on Jamaica Avenue near the Belmont Park racetrack after a short car chase that followed a hit-and-run accident. Police say the suspect shot him in the chest after Lopez approached the car and the two had a brief conversation.

The shocking double murder near Belmont Park race track on the Nassau-Queens border set off an intense seven-hour search involving hundreds of detectives chasing leads and banging on doors.

Cops found Fuller, 33, around 6:30 p.m. cowering in a stolen van with a gunshot wound — apparently self-inflicted — to the shoulder blocks from his home in St. Albans, Queens.

A 911 call reported a gunshot coming from the vehicle, leading to the arrest.

“I’m Fuller — the guy you’re looking for,” the suspect said, according to two police sources.

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Police near the scene where a cop and motorist were fatally shot on Tuesday on the Cross Island Parkway.

He was taken to Jamaica Hospital.

The fugitive went on the lam after his deadly 11 a.m. confrontation with Lopez, 29, an eight-year police veteran.

“He leaves grieving parents . . . you should hear the screams of his mother,” said Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano. “He lost his life to a cold-blooded murderer. One could only wonder how an animal like this was roaming the streets with his rap sheet.”

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Officer Arthur Lopez, an eight-year veteran who was fatally shot on the Cross Island Parkway in Queens.

Local Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association officials demanded an investigation into why Fuller wasn’t kept behind bars after his arrest two years ago for drug dealing.

The suspect had been at an unidentified Queens hospital shortly before his killing spree, but authorities were stumped over what ignited his rage. Fuller’s cousin, Lashonda Jones, 35, said he’d recently been undergoing kidney dialysis.

The unexpected violent incident began in broad daylight when Lopez and partner Clarence Hudson spotted a silver Honda pulling away from a two-car accident on Northern Blvd.

Raymond Facey died after he was allegedly shot by suspect Darrell Fuller on the Cross Island Parkway and Jamaica Avenue in Queens today. The victim was driving a Honda when the suspect allegedly pulled him over and shot him after fatally shooting a Nassau County police officer.

The car, its tires blown out and riding on its rims, entered the Cross Island Parkway heading south with the two Emergency Service Unit officers in pursuit.

The hit-and-run driver finally exited on Jamaica Ave. in Bellerose Terrace. Lopez and his partner hit the lights on their vehicle and the car pulled to a stop on 241st St., cops said.

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The vehicle in the carjacking is brought into the 105th precinct on an NYPD flatbed tow truck.

Lopez approached the car and had a brief conversation with Fuller before the gunman pulled his weapon, shot the officer in the chest and left him to die near a Mobil gas station.

“The officer’s just walking up to the car,” witness Paul Walcott said. “They just pulled out (a gun) and shot. He went right down . . . He went straight down.”

Lopez was pronounced dead at North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital.

Cops and FBI agents spread across a Queens neighborhood in search of Darrell Fuller, the suspected gunman in the killing of police officer Arthur Lopez and a random motorist.

As the dying officer’s partner tried desperately to save him, the suspect drove back onto the Cross Island Parkway and forced another vehicle off the road.

Facey, a married Jamaican immigrant with four kids, was speaking with his daughter Daliah just before Fuller shot him once in the head at point-blank range, officials and friends said.

“(The victim) was talking to his daughter on the phone,” said Facey’s cousin Flynn Brown, who lent the victim the car he died in. “He said, ‘Someone is chasing me,’ and that’s the last thing she heard.”

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Nassau County police officers salute Arthur Lopez, an eight-year Nassau police veteran who was shot and killed on the Cross Island Parkway, as his body enters the Medical Examiner’s office.

The double-murder suspect then jumped into the dead man’s car, a gray Toyota, and sped off, only to abandon it a short distance away and flee on foot, ditching his gray hoodie. He left the victim behind, lying in the road between the Hempstead Turnpike and Jamaica Ave. exits off the parkway, near the huge parking lots for the racetrack that annuallyhosts the last Triple Crown race.

Facey’s wife, after trying in vain to reach her husband all day, finally learned about his shocking murder.

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Law enforcement searches for a suspect in the shooting of a Nassau County police officer near the intersection of 113th Ave and Colfax St. in Queens.

“My husband got shot today,” said June Facey. “I’m not okay. He helped everybody.”

The dead man’s brother-in-law said the victim was talking to his daughter about plans for a Jamaican getaway at Christmas.

“They were talking about getting cheap tickets,” said Joslyn Cameron. “His daughter asked him, ‘Who is trying to get in your car?’ She heard him make that frightened sound: ‘Ahhhh!’ ”

Facey, nicknamed Brian moved to the city from his homeland 28 years ago, and was known for his way with barbecue and his garden, Cameron said. He worked as a truck driver for a construction company.

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Suspect Darrell Fuller is taken into Jamaica Hospital.

“He’s my brother,” said Cameron. “He’s a great guy.”

Neighbor Paulette Lyde said Facey was a wonderful friend.

“He was the type of person who would do anything for anyone,” she said. “He was the nicest person in the world. I’m so sad.”

The man who cops say killed Facey has a long rap sheet. Fuller served five years for a 2004 attempted murder conviction and was later arrested for violating his parole.

His most recent arrest was in March 2010 for criminal possession of a controlled substance in Nassau County. Fuller did nine months after that arrest, authorities said.

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A Suffolk County police car is parked next to the home of Nassau County Police Officer Arthur Lopez in Babylon, New York on Tuesday evening. Officer Lopez was killed in the line of duty earlier today.

Yet Jones could not believe her cousin — who she said often repaired cars in his neighborhood — was capable of such mayhem.

“He’s not a monster. People have their breaking points,” said Jones, who was not allowed to visit Fuller at Jamaica Hospital.

“He just made a bad decision. I don’t know what point he was at,” she said.

It’s not clear when the suspect might appear in court for Tuesday’s slayings.

Lopez’s grieving colleagues were outraged that Fuller was on the loose.

“How does somebody who was arrested for selling crack cocaine not serve the original sentence?” asked Nassau’s PBA head James Carver.

FRANK ELTMAN/AP

Nassau County PBA President James Carver(l.) discusses the shooting death of Police Officer Arthur Lopez, shown in picture on table, at a news conference, Tuesday, Oct. 24 at Police Headquarters in Mineola, N.Y. Listening from second left are Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, District Attorney Kathleen Rice, County Comptroller George Maragos and First Deputy Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter.

They were struggling Tuesday evening to cope with the sudden loss of a brother in arms.

“He was a young man full of life and energy — a great friend,” added a clearly shaken Carver.

“This is a very sad day for everybody. . . . To say this is difficult would be an understatement.”

During his eight years on the job, Lopez earned six meritorious service awards, three excellent police duty awards and several other command recognitions.

He and his then-partner were honored in October 2010 for rescuing a suicidal man who jumped in front of an oncoming Long Island Rail Road train.

In his off-duty hours, he served as a volunteer with the Dix Hills Fire Department. The muscular cop also logged plenty of hours in the gym to keep himself in shape.

KEN MURRAY/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Christia Cameron, sister-in-law to Raymond Facey, grieves at her home. Facey was shot and killed on the Cross Island Pkwy Tuesday morning.

His devastated parents were escorted into their home in Flushing, Queens, late Tuesday. His mother appeared to have been crying. Both were too distraught to speak after losing their only son.

Word of the shooting by a violent ex-con stunned residents of his quiet middle-class neighborhood on a fall afternoon in Babylon, L.I.

Colleen Donovan, 34, recalled Lopez appearing unannounced after she and her husband moved into the tree-lined street.

“He showed up at our door with an apple pie,” she recounted. “It was so nice. He just said, ‘We wanted to welcome you to the neighborhood.’ We were very touched.”

The elderly woman who lives next door to Lopez’s corner lot recalled how Lopez shoveled her driveway when it snowed and made sure to stop by during any power outage.

“He was always a good neighbor,” said the woman, who only gave her name as Marie. “When my tree fell in my yard, he was the only one who came over to make sure I was all right.”

The parkway was shut down as the search for the suspect dragged into the evening.

Witness Eric Oglesby said a horde of cops descended on the van holding Fuller, quickly arresting the suspect.

“Cops were coming from everywhere,” he said. “I heard the helicopters. They were moving really fast. There was an ambulance when I came out.”

Michael Ashby, 16, said the smell of gunpowder hung in the air after Fuller’s arrest.

“He was lying on the ground,” the teen said. “He looked like a big guy. When we asked the cop if that was the guy that shot the cop, he shook his head yes.

“Then another cop said, ‘What do you expect? That’s what happens when you shoot a cop, you’re going to be dead by the end of the night,’ ” the teen said.

The suspect was in “guarded” condition with his injuries, cops said. It was unclear if Fuller used the murder weapon to shoot himself, cops added. Police received no further details on the extent of his injuries.

The slain officer’s partner was taken to a local hospital for treatment of emotional trauma after the shooting.

It was the second death of an on-duty Nassau cop in a week. Highway patrolman Joseph Olivieri was killed lastThursday during a traffic accident.

“It’s been a devastating week for the people of Nassau County and the Nassau County Police Department,” said county Police Commissioner Thomas Dale.

With Vera Chinese, Matthew Lysiak, Edgar Sandoval, Rocco Parascandola, Clare Trapasso and Irving DeJohn

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