A violent ex-con — accused in the gutless murder of a cop and innocent bystander — was charged with first-degree murder in a Long Island courtroom today, under incredibly tight security.
Meanwhile in Queens, authorities there said they’ve arrested a Jamaica man who might have given Darrell Fuller, 33, a gun allegedly used to kill Nassau police officer Arthur Lopez and carjack victim Raymond Facey, 52.
Fuller made his first appearance in Nassau County First District Court in Hempstead this morning, where he was ordered to remain in jail without bail.
Moments after Fuller’s Long Island court appearance, Queens DA Richard Brown announced the arrest of Gerald Williams, 27, on two counts of criminal possession of weapons.
When Fuller was arrested following Tuesday’s slayings, cops found him with two guns — both given to him by Williams, one of them possibly used in the double-murder, officials said.
Williams was expected to be in court later this afternoon.
When Fuller made his initial courtroom showing in Long Island, he was greeted by nearly 100 seething Nassau cops and dozens of court officers.
Fuller gave one quick glance back at the angry, grieving audience. His hands were cuffed to his waist, and he wore leg shackles.
The murder suspect was also forced to wear a bulletproof vest as he left Nassau police headquarters this morning
His right arm was still in a sling today from gunshot wounds suffered after the suspect allegedly killed Lopez and Facey.
Fuller either shot himself or had someone else shoot him in a harebrained scheme to make the ex-con appear to be a kidnap victim himself, according to police.
Officer Lopez, 29, had been following Fuller on Tuesday, in connection to a hit-and-run car accident.
When the cop pulled over Fuller — driving on flat tires — the suspect blasted one fatal round into Lopez’s chest, officials said.
Fuller then allegedly drove away and came upon Facey, 52, who was parked alongside the Cross Island Expressway so he could make a legal, safe cell phone call.
That’s when Fuller dragged Facey out of his car, pumped one deadly shot into the unsuspecting victim’s head and drove away in his car, police said.
Fuller ditched Facey’s care and was eventually caught in Queens, authorities said.
The career criminal Fuller has a mile-long rap sheet, including a four-year stint in prison after he pled guilty to attempted murder in 2005.
He was locked up again for a parole violation in 2010 following his arrest on a drug offense. Fuller was released again last May.
Additional reporting by David K. Li