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   Dead cop-killer hailed a hero with memorial BIGGER than shrine   
   for rookie officer he shot: Disgusting tributes to murderer as   
   his widow says she wishes more cops had died in ambush he set   
   Officer Melvin Santiago, 23, was shot in the head by a suspect   
   in the botched robbery of a 24-hour store   
   Gunman Lawrence Campbell, 27, stole the gun from an armed   
   security guard before killing Santiago   
   Other officers gunned down Campbell and later said that he had   
   been implicated in another homicide in the city   
   Campbell's wife says her husband should have killed more cops   
   Santiago was a lifelong Jersey City resident and had only joined   
   the police force last year - it was his dream job, family said   
   Tuesday would have marked his one-year anniversary with the   
   department   
      
   In a shocking turn of events, the make-shift memorial erected   
   for a cop-killer in New Jersey is bigger than the shine set-up   
   for the rookie police officer he murdered in cold blood over the   
   weekend - an act he claimed would make him 'famous'.   
      
   The temporary roadside memorial for Lawrence Campbell, who was   
   shot dead by police in Jersey City after he killed 23-year-old   
   Melvin Santiago on Sunday morning, boasts sickening tributes,   
   even claiming that he should have killed more police.   
      
   Despite the death of Santiago, who had served only seven months   
   on the force, Campbell's widow, Angelique Campbell, said that   
   she only wishes her husband had shot dead  other officers before   
   they gunned him down outside a Walgreens after he stole a   
   security guard's weapon - using it to shoot Santiago.   
      
   'That's how I feel. God forgive me, but that's how I feel,'   
   Angelique Campbell told local reporters in New Jersey at the   
   memorial for her husband who was wanted in connection with a   
   prior Jersey City homicide.   
      
   'If that's the case, he should've took more with him. If they   
   was going to stand over my husband and shoot him like a f---ing   
   dog, he should've took all of them the f--- out.’   
      
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   In addition to the empty liquor bottles, the memorial for 27-   
   year-old ex-con Campbell includes t-shirts with messages from   
   friends and members of the community saying things like 'Thug In   
   Peace,”'and 'SEE U ON THE OTHER SIDE.'   
      
   Campbell never even tried to rob the Walgreens on Sunday morning   
   and instead lay in wait for police, telling a witness to watch   
   the news because he was 'going to be famous,' authorities said.   
      
   Lawrence Campbell, 27, shot Officer Melvin Santiago in the head   
   shortly after he and his partner arrived at the 24-hour   
   Walgreens at around 4 a.m., Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said.   
   Other officers returned fire at Campbell, killing him.   
      
   Campbell, of Jersey City, was one of three suspects wanted by   
   police for a prior homicide, Fulop said.   
      
   Fulop said Campbell was carrying a knife when he walked into   
   Walgreens and asked for directions to the greeting card aisle.   
   He assaulted an armed security guard at the store and snatched   
   his gun, Fulop said. He waited for police to arrive, then shot   
   Santiago with what police believe was the guard's weapon.   
      
   'Today was a horrible day for Jersey City,' Fulop said.   
      
   Dozens of officers stood single file at the entrance of the   
   hospital and saluted as Santiago's flag-draped body was carried   
   into an ambulance. A handful of younger officers consoled one   
   another as they walked away. Santiago, 23, graduated from the   
   police academy in December.   
      
   Fulop was there when Santiago's body arrived at the hospital. As   
   Santiago's mother identified the body, Fulop said, she 'just   
   keep repeating the badge number and saying that it's not   
   possible.'   
      
   On Monday, Mayor Steven Fulop said the memorial and her comments   
   aren't representative of the city as a whole.   
      
   'There are people in every single community who just don't value   
   life and this is highlighted by a situation like this,' Fulop   
   told The Associated Press.   
      
   'There's a lot of reasons for that - some of it is decades of   
   how they perceive police, some it's jobs, some of it's   
   socioeconomics - but at the end of the day we're dealing with it   
   today. When you talk about that situation, yes, it's ignorant,   
   yes it's disgusting, but this represents a lot of the challenges   
   we have.'   
      
   Santiago is the first Jersey City officer killed in the line of   
   duty since Detective Marc DiNardo died in July 2009 during a   
   raid on an apartment while searching for suspects in a robbery.   
      
   'It is a tragic situation when any officer is killed in the line   
   of duty,' Fulop said. 'Melvin was an officer who represented   
   everything one would want to see in a police officer. I know the   
   entire city's thoughts and prayers are with the Santiago family   
   during this difficult time and we mourn together.'   
      
   Jean Belviso, who has been delivering newspapers for 10 years,   
   was driving through the Walgreens parking lot when she said saw   
   a man wearing burgundy sweatpants and a baseball cap walk out of   
   the store.   
      
   A police cruiser pulled up in front of Walgreens, and the   
   suspect began shooting, the 61-year-old Belviso said.   
      
   'We thought he was running, coming toward us,' said Belviso, who   
   was riding along with a friend. 'He kept on shooting.'   
      
   Bullets flew through the cruiser's windshield, 13 in all. The   
   suspect was shot multiple times, and officers slapped handcuffs   
   on him, Belviso said.   
      
   Campbell's body remained on the ground next to the bullet-   
   riddled cruiser for more than five hours after the shooting   
   before it was placed in a coroner's van and taken away.   
      
   Markeisha Marshall, a spokeswoman for Walgreens, said the   
   company was 'deeply regretful' over the officer's death and   
   extended its sympathies to his family and friends. The store has   
   round-the-clock armed security, Marshall noted.   
      
   The Jersey City Police Benevolent Association said in a   
   statement that their hearts were heavy over Santiago's death.   
      
   'Patrolman Santiago knew the risks associated with this job, yet   
   he put himself in front of danger in order to keep Jersey City   
   safe,' the association said. 'Words cannot adequately express   
   our feelings about this senseless tragedy.'   
      
   Santiago was a lifelong resident of the northern New Jersey city   
   directly across the Hudson River from lower Manhattan and had   
   only last year graduated from Hudson County Community College   
   with a degree in criminal justice.   
      
   Campbell, also from Jersey City, stabbed then beat the security   
   guard before remarkably apologizing to a customer for his   
   behavior, WCBS reported.   
      
   'Watch the news later, I'm going to be famous!' Campbell told   
   the woman, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said during a Sunday   
   press conference.   
      
   The gunman then began firing on the cops as they arrived only   
   minutes later. Police said Sunday that Campbell had also been   
   linked to a previous homicide in the city.   
      
   'This guy deserves nothing, his name should be forgotten,' the   
   slain officer's mother, Cathy McBride, told the New York Post.   
      
   'Don’t give him any notoriety,' she continued. 'He killed my   
      
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