'Sopranos' Actor to Be Charged With Murder

An actor who once played an aspiring mobster on "The Sopranos" will be charged with murder along with another man in the death of an off-duty New York City police officer, authorities said.

The policeman allegedly caught actor Lillo Brancato Jr., 29, and Steven Armento, 48, breaking into a home Saturday. A gunfight ensued. Officer Daniel Enchautegui, 28, shot each suspect several times, police said, but suffered a fatal chest wound.

Brancato and Armento remained hospitalized in critical condition.

Prosecutors were in the process of charging Armento with first- and second-degree murder and Brancato with seconddegree murder, Bronx district attorney's spokesman Steven Reed said.

Brancato played Matt Bevilacqua in half a dozen episodes of "The Sopranos."