Questions Remain After Machine Gun Arrest on Election Day
Police released this photo of a machine gun confiscated when two men were arrested at the Kingsbridge Road Station on Election Day November 5. -Photo courtesy of the NYPD By David Greene Bronx Voice November 18, 2024 Follow @Bronxvoice1 BRONX - Many questions remain after police announced that two men were arrested in the New York City Transit System on Election Day—One carrying a machine gun with 25 rounds of ammunition. According to police, the incident unfolded at the Kingsbridge Road Station along the Grand Concourse at 4:30 p.m. on November 5, when officers from the 52 nd Precinct observed a trespasser inside an unauthorized area of the system. A police source told the Bronx Voice, “Officers approached the male on the northbound platform and repeatedly requested his identification which the male refused to provide.” The source continued, “During a brief struggle, a loaded and defaced Palmetto State Armory PA-15 firearm fell out