The discovery of a mysterious bundle containing weapons in the Silver Lake Park reservoir, where water levels have been dwindling, has prompted a warning from the city’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
The gun and brass knuckles found in the reservoir basin also stirred questions about the potentially criminal history of the weapons while highlighting the environmental conditions that led to their exposure.
Here are three key things that New Yorkers need to know about the situation.
A mysterious bundle of weapons was discovered in a dry reservoir basin
An upstate man named Chris found a pistol and a pair of brass knuckles wrapped together with a rock in black electrical tape while walking in a dry basin of the Silver Lake Park reservoir…