NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – A father and his son from Queens were charged with criminal possession of a weapon on Wednesday after investigators discovered ghost guns, like assault weapons, and silencers made with a 3-D printer, and other weapons, according to prosecutors.
Following an investigation into Hyung-Suk Woo’s purchases of polymer-based gun components which can be easily assembled into an operable gun, police were able to obtain a search warrant into Woo’s residence.
Police conducted the search on Feb. 14. During the search, they found two loaded AR-15 style ghost guns, two 9mm semiautomatic ghost gun pistols with assault weapon characteristics, a loaded 9mm semiautomatic ghost gun pistol, 58 high-capacity ammunition feeding devices, one ballistic vest, one ballistic helmet, and 15 unserialized lower receivers, including eight AR-15 style rifle lower receivers and seven semiautomatic pistol lower receivers.
Additionally, they discovered four firearm silencers, three of which were personally manufactured with 3D printing, a drill press, and other tools used to manufacture and/or assemble ghost guns, along with approximately 1,000 rounds of ammunition, according to the indictment.