A murder suspect’s three months on the loose came to an end at a Brooklyn subway station when he was stopped for the smallest of violations — spitting.
Transit cops patrolling the Stillwell Avenue station in Coney Island Thursday night saw Euzebelin Abellard, 32, spit on the Q train platform around 5 p.m.
They moved in and nailed him for the violation — but when they ran his name on their NYPD-issued smartphone they learned he was suspected of murder.
After being questioned for more than 20 hours at the 67th Precinct, he was charged with murder as well as criminal use of a firearm.
A wanted poster had been issued for Abellard, 32, in connection to the Nov. 20 slaying of a man who ran a numbers racket in Crown Heights.
“The above should be considered ARMED and DANGEROUS,” it said.
He and an unnamed accomplice allegedly opened fire while attempting to rob victim Jean-Claude Bernagene, 51, of his gambling proceeds, sources said.
Cops found Bernagene lying in the front yard of 1051 New York Ave. He died in Kings County Hospital.
“It’s so sad — Jean-Claude was a quiet guy,” one neighbor told The Post.
The suspect’s rap sheet has almost 30 arrests, mostly for burglaries, larcenies and trespass, sources said.
Notably, he’d been arrested and released as recently as Jan. 17 for admittedly trespassing at a building in Crown Heights, just four blocks south of the murder scene.
Additional reporting by Leonica Valentine