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'Sopranos' Actor, Lillo Brancato Murder Trial Begins

ratpage | 25 November, 2008 23:33 | Print View

Lillo Brancato, a former "Sopranos" actor is charged with second-degree murder in the 2005 death of Officer Daniel Enchautegui. According to reports the prsecution told jurors that the actor got involved in the killing of an off-duty police officer during a desperate mission to steal drugs.

Defense attorneys said in opening statements that the only culprit was the man already convicted in the shooting.

Both sides agreed he had a severe drug problem.

Authorities say the pair broke into an apartment to steal drugs after a night of drinking at a strip club. Enchautegui, who lived next door, came out to investigate and Armento shot the 28-year-old officer in the heart. Enchautegui fired back, wounding both men.

Brancato made his debut in 1993 in "A Bronx Tale" opposite Robert De Niro. He's appeared in more than a dozen other movies and played a doomed aspiring mobster in HBO's "The Sopranos."

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