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5 arraigned in Figoski's death

Lamont Pride, one of the five suspects in

Photo credit: Patrick E. McCarthy | Lamont Pride, one of the five suspects in the slaying of Police Officer Peter Figoski, emerges from the 75th Precinct in Brooklyn. (Dec. 13, 2011)

A convict accused in the cold-blooded slaying of a New York Police Department officer during a botched robbery already was wanted in a non-fatal shooting in North Carolina but remained on the streets because arrest warrants didn't require his return there, NYPD officials said Tuesday.

The shooting suspect, Lamont Pride, was arraigned late Tuesday on a first-degree murder charge in the officer's...

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