Murdered Guyanese NY cop to be buried in Guyana

– relatives say he died pursuing his dream

According to reports in the New York Daily News, the Guyanese born NYPD officer who was gunned down during a chase in Harlem, will be laid to rest in his native Guyana following funeral services in New York.

Relatives in Guyana who were shocked when they heard the news of his death say he died pursuing his passion and they are proud of him.

An outraged Mayor de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton blasted the court program that freed a one-time PCP addict with a 16-year rap sheet — leaving him free to kill Officer Randolph Holder.

Not only did murder suspect Tyrone (Peanut) Howard dodge a six-year prison term after selling a sob story to a Manhattan judge, he repeatedly eluded arrest for seven weeks after a Sept. 1 shooting, police said.

“The perpetrator involved here was obviously a hardened and violent criminal,” de Blasio said Wednesday at a news conference at police headquarters. “He should not have been on the streets.”

According to NY Daily News, an irate Bratton blasted the May decision to spare the recidivist drug dealer with at least 23 arrests — including one for the 2009 shooting of an 11-year-old boy — from jail time.

Howard, 30, was instead steered to a drug diversion program despite the Manhattan district attorney’s demand for the six-year sentence.

The accused cop killer was charged Wednesday night with murder and robbery for his brief one-man crime spree through East Harlem.

Howard, flanked by six cops, walked silently with his head hanging down when he limped from the 25th Precinct stationhouse. The slain cop’s partner managed to wound the suspect in the leg, police said.

Cops said Howard pulled a .40-caliber handgun with a 30-shot clip and fired a single bullet into Holder’s forehead Tuesday night.

The decorated cop died two hours later at Harlem Hospital, the fourth NYPD line of duty killing in the last 11 months.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Edward McLaughlin, while calling the Tuesday night killing of Holder “an absolute tragedy,” defended his decision to spare Howard from jail.

“I don’t get a crystal ball when I get the robe,” McLaughlin told the Daily News. “I know I made the right decision. … I’m confident it’s accurate and appropriate.”

The murdered Officer Holder left behind a 16-year-old daughter, according to his dad.

Howard was rejected from the diversion program in 2011 after his arrest for smoking PCP while carrying 22 bags of crack and cocaine, court records show. He instead pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 18 months. (Excerpts from NY Daily News)