Published November 29, 2015
A New York prosecutor says an ex-convict feared being caught with a handgun when he shot to death a police officer, and then escaped by killing a second man during a carjacking.
Opening statements began Monday in the first-degree murder case of 34-year-old defendant Darrell Fuller. He is charged in the 2012 shooting deaths of both Nassau County Police Officer Arthur Lopez and Raymond Facey, who was killed during a carjacking moments later.
Authorities say Lopez chased Fuller because he suspected Fuller had been involved in a hit-and-run. The prosecutor says Lopez approached Fuller armed with a Taser and that Lopez got within about 5 feet of Fuller when he opened fire.
Fuller's attorney has asked jurors to be skeptical of the prosecution case.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/prosecutor-tells-of-shooting-deaths-of-officer-and-carjacking-victim-as-new-york-trial-opens