A teen suspected of fatally stabbing a Brooklyn man in front of the victim’s wife two weeks ago was arrested on Thursday — just blocks from the crime scene.
Gary Correa, 19, had been on the run from police, but seems to have been hiding in plain sight.
He was caught a short stroll from where George Carroll, 42, was knifed outside McGolrick Park in Greenpoint on Aug. 18, cops say.
Police officers arrested Correa, who lives in the nearby Bushwick Houses, as he was walking on Norman Avenue between Dobbin and Guernsey streets.
Carroll, a 42-year-old actor, was with his wife, Christina Romero Carroll, 41, walking to their home on Monitor Street when Correa allegedly stabbed him.
Police say Correa attacked Carroll after the two exchanged words on Monitor Street near Driggs Avenue.
News that Correa had been back in the area terrified one of the Carrolls’ former neighbors, who let out a shriek.
“Oh, my God. I thought I saw him this morning around the corner on Nassau Avenue. It looked exactly like him but without the beard,” said the woman, who wouldn’t give her name.
Others breathed a sigh of relief knowing he was off the streets.
“I’m relieved. I’ve been checking the news sites every day. The whole neighborhood has been on alert,” said David Stancil, 39, a minister who lived next door to the Carrolls on Monitor Street.
“I have kids, so his capture has definitely been a big concern.”
Romero Carroll recalled that as they were walking home that fateful Friday night, her husband made eye contact with two men standing on a stoop.
Words were exchanged before the men chased Carroll down the street, and he was stabbed in the chest before the killer fled.
Correa has 13 prior arrests, including for grand larceny, armed robbery, burglary and criminal possession of marijuana, according to police sources.
He was charged on Thursday night with murder in the second degree.
Additional reporting by Stephanie Pagones