NYPD raid at Staten Island apartment nets gun; woman, 66, arrested

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The NYPD seized a gun during a pre-dawn raid of a woman’s apartment at the Mariners Harbor Houses.

Shirley Johnson, 66, was arrested after officers armed with a search warrant swarmed her apartment on Brabant Street in the New York City Housing Authority Complex on March 20 at about 6:30 a.m., according to the criminal complaint and police.

Police saw Johnson and a gun in the living room. The criminal complaint alleges that officers confiscated a black 9 mm semi-automatic Springfield Armory handgun. The firearm was loaded with 15 rounds in an attached large-capacity magazine…

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