A Queens gunman accused of kidnapping his wife after shooting a taxi cab driver at Elmhurst Hospital was arrested on a bus in North Carolina and his wife was rescued unharmed, said police, who believe the suspect may have been headed for Puerto Rico.

Miguel Carrasquillo, 33, had a .32-caliber handgun with the serial numbers filed off when he was apprehended with Nancy Carrasquillo, 42, in Fayetteville, police said.

Police were investigating whether the gun was the weapon used to critically injure a cab driver when Mr. Carrasquillo allegedly kidnapped his wife at gunpoint Saturday.

The shooting victim was in stable condition.

Mrs. Carrasquillo, a mother of four children and a clerical associate at Elmhurst Hospital, took out an order of protection against her husband on Friday, forcing him to leave their home, which is near the hospital.

Mrs. Carrasquillo accused her unemployed husband of harassing and abusing her.

Mr. Carrasquillo was being held in North Carolina pending a hearing.

ARREST IN FATAL MUGGING

A Bronx suspect with a criminal record was arrested for robbing and murdering an elderly man at Pelham Bay Park at Schuylerville.

Andre Jonhope, 23, is accused of stabbing Carl Dunat, 71, multiple times in the face and chest, police said. Police said the motive was robbery. Jonhope was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

MAN SUES OVER ARREST

A man who says he was just trying to buy theater tickets when he was arrested along with hundreds of anti-Republican National Convention protesters two weeks ago took the first step yesterday toward filing a $100,000 false-arrest lawsuit against the city.

Mark Perro,21,filed a notice of claim alleging that on August 31,he was falsely arrested, physically and verbally abused, and denied his right to a lawyer for nearly 48 hours. Mr. Perro’s notice of claim is believed to be the first stemming from more than 1,800 convention arrests.