Tyreke Colón was arrested on suspicion of selling 36 weapons, valued at more than $40,000, to an undercover NYPD officer over a three-month period.
Colón, a 24-year-old alleged arms dealer, allegedly traveled by bus from his hometown in North Carolina to Manhattan with a bag full of guns for the purpose of selling them to an undercover police officer, authorities said.
The suspect sold or was about to sell weapons to an undercover officer during three different meetings at a Harlem gas station from February to April. All of the undercover purchases occurred in broad daylight and were captured on video, NYPD said. The suspect was also recorded on wiretaps as he arranged for gun purchases which he then offered for sale.
Columbus was accused of multiple felony counts of criminal sale and possession of firearms. also from recruit people in Rocky Mount, North Carolina to get permits and buy the guns from him, paying them using CashApp.
He was arrested carrying five semi-automatic pistols and an AR-15-style assault rifle with a high-capacity magazine. getting off a bus from North Carolina in late May, reported Pix11.
The New York Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said the case began with an intelligence tip in December about illegal gun sales at the Polo Grounds Towers, a public housing complex in Upper Manhattan. “This case represents results; it represents success,” he stated.
In recent years, the wave of armed violence in the city has involved minor and adult gunmen, men and womeny victims of all ages. After the boom in 2020 and 2021 particularly among young gang members and/or victims, 2022 continues with the same trend, putting up a great challenge to the new mayor Eric Adamswho since taking office in January has found obstacles within his own Democratic party y Black Lives Matter (BLM) leaders to face the crisis.
