Two charged with killing New York police officer

? A former “Sopranos” actor and another man were ordered held without bail Thursday at a hearing in the hospital where both men are being treated for gunshot wounds inflicted by the police officer they are charged with killing.

Lillo Brancato Jr., who appeared on several episodes of the HBO series and also appeared in 1995’s “A Bronx Tale” with Robert De Niro, was arraigned on a second-degree murder charge by Bronx Criminal Court Judge Michael Sonberg.

Steven Armento was arraigned separately on a first-degree murder charge and could face life in prison without parole if convicted. Neither man spoke or entered a plea at the hearing in a conference room at Jacobi Medical Center.