Freed NYC Cop Killer Busted Four Times in Last Year — And Could Soon Be Out Again

A cop killer paroled after nearly 40 years in prison has been busted four times in the past 12 months, sprung from jail three times, and is now demanding his freedom yet again — an “appalling” slap in the face to the dead officer’s family, they said.

Bruce Lorick, 66, murdered NYPD Officer Joseph Keegan, 40, on June 19, 1980, shooting him in the head with the cop’s gun when he tried to stop him for jumping a turnstile inside the Columbus Circle subway station on the Upper West Side.

Bruce Lorick

Joseph Keegan

Lorick was sentenced to 25 years to life for second-degree murder and was in Shawangunk State prison until his release on lifetime parole in April 2021, online records show.

Eight months later, in December 2022 he was arrested for strangulation, a police source said.

Then, six months after that, he was picked up for criminal contempt in June 2023, the sources said.

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On Nov. 18, Lorick was busted for stealing $285 worth of shrimp, chicken, Jimmy Dean frozen meals, and other items from a Target on the Upper East Side, according to police and sources.

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He was sprung on Nov. 26 after a bail recognizance hearing.

And less than a month later, on Dec. 22 he was arrested again for allegedly using and possessing cocaine, failing to notify parole of a change in program status, and failing to complete inpatient substance abuse treatment, records show.

This time, he was remanded to Rikers.

But he could soon be back on the street after his Legal Aid Society attorneys sued in Bronx Supreme Court on Dec. 29 to have him sprung again.

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