Cops stopped a driver for making a turn without signaling in the Bronx — and then ended up arresting him for murder for shooting a motorcyclist earlier in the day, NYPD officials said Tuesday.
Jose Kuilan was driving a blue Toyota when he was stopped about noon Monday after making a right turn onto Hunt Ave. from Bronxdale Ave. without signaling, police said.
Cops found a large amount of marijuana narcotics in his car and connected him to the fatal shooting of 50-year-old Trojan Hart on Sagamore St. near Birchall Ave. in Bronxdale at 6 a.m. that morning.
Kuilan, 47, was charged with murder, manslaughter and gun possession as well as drug possession — and failure to signal.
Hart had taken cover from the rain on his motorcycle under the elevated tracks for the Bronx Park East subway station when he was shot, friends said.
Seven 9mm shell casings were recovered at the scene, police said.
Hart, who died at the scene, worked in construction, a family friend who gave her name only as Arlene said, calling him a “good man.” He lived in the South Bronx, according to cops.
The suspect, who lives in Morningside Heights, has eight prior arrests, police said. It wasn’t clear what sparked the shooting.
Kuilan was awaiting arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court Tuesday.