Man With AK-47 Arrested In Times Square Subway

The New York Post reports:

An Ohio man was busted with an AK-47 assault rifle and a gas mask inside a Times Square subway station Friday afternoon, law enforcement sources said.

The 18-year-old, whose identity was not immediately released, was taken into custody without incident around 12:30 p.m. on the mezzanine level of the subway station off the A, C and E line, the sources said.

Sources say the man was sitting down and charging his cellphone inside the station with the weapon out next to him in plain sight when a uniformed transit cop spotted him.

Read the full article. The rifle was reportedly not loaded but a full magazine was found in the suspect’s bag.

Man with AK-47 assault rifle arrested in Times Square subway station https://t.co/GCCvX8imIt pic.twitter.com/Dfly6vThgF

— New York Post (@nypost) April 16, 2021

Man, 18, arrested after pulling out an AK-47 and ammo on the platform of Times Square subway station https://t.co/JRqslpLyJn

— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) April 16, 2021