New York Daily News

3rd suspect identified in B’klyn rob

- BY ROCCO PARASCANDO­LA With Graham Rayman

A THIRD SUSPECT in the Brooklyn home invasion that caused a 91-year-old man to die of a heart attack has been identified, police said Friday.

Howard Morris, 43, is the man seen on surveillan­ce video leaving the crime scene carrying a lock box, cops said.

“We are seeking him now,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said of Morris, the final suspect.

Police say Morris (pictured) and Dwayne Blackwood, 27, burst into the home of Waldiman Thompson and his 100-year-old wife, Ethlin, on Decatur St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Oct. 11.

The pair allegedly tied the elderly couple up and robbed them, triggering the heart attack that killed Thompson,

Blackwood and Morris — who has 11 prior arrests — took off with $5,000 cash, cops said.

On Oct. 20, detectives arrested Blackwood for murder.

His Suzette Troutman, 45, who worked as a the Thompson’s home aide was arrested for murder on Monday. Police say she was the brains behind the operation and acted as getaway driver.

Morris was “brought into this” by Troutman, Boyce explained as the NYPD released photos of Morris.

Ethlin Thompson suffered minor injuries during the ordeal. She managed to free herself and call 911 after the crooks left.

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