Two men involved in the botched robbery that ended with the shooting death of NYPD officer Peter Figoski are set to go on trial this week, the Daily News reports.

Nelson Morales, 28, and Kevin Santos, 32, and three other men attempted to rob a Brooklyn drug dealer in December 2011 before they were interrupted by police. When Figoski, 44, responded to the scene, he was shot and killed by Lamont Pride.

Pride was convicted in February and sentenced to 45 years to life. Michael Velez, the getaway driver in the case, was acquitted of all charges.

Morales was in the news again this March after he sued the city, claiming he was permanently injured when a Department of Corrections bus crashed into another bus on Rikers Island in January of 2012.

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Michael Velez, the alleged getaway car driver in the robbery that led to the fatal shooting of NYPD officer Peter Figoski, was acquitted of all charges on Wednesday.

Velez, 22, was found not guilty of burglary and murder in the death of Figoski on the night of Dec. 12, 2011. Velez and four others were plotting to rob a drug dealer in a Brooklyn basement apartment, but were interrupted by police.

Velez had claimed that he was not aware that the other men were planning a robbery, the NY Post reported.

Lamont Pride, the man accused of shooting Figoski, was found not guilty on Monday of intentionally murdering a police officer, but was found guilty of second-degree murder, burglary and aggravated manslaughter. He faces 25 years in prison.

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