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NYPD: Port Richmond man, 27, arrested for allegedly possessing loaded semi-automatic handgun

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The NYPD arrested a 27-year-old Port Richmond man in connection with a firearm that police allege they recovered on Staten Island.

The loaded gun, a Walther PK380 semi-automatic handgun, was discovered by police in the confines of the 121st Precinct, according to a post on the precinct’s Twitter feed late Friday night.

“For the third time in as many days, 121 police officers put themselves in harm’s way effecting an arrest of an individual in possession of this loaded firearm.”

Luis Lopez of Bond Street, was arrested at approximately 8:17 p.m. and faces the following charges: Criminal possession of a weapon in the second, third and fourth degrees, and unlawful possession of certain ammunition feeding devices, according to a spokesperson for NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.

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