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Teen With Gun Threatens to Shoot Police at Port Authority, Officials Say

July 28, 2016 11:39am | Updated July 28, 2016 11:39am
Hunter Taylor wanted to kill police with a Smith & Wesson .38 caliber revolver, officials said.
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MANHATTAN — A teen gunman from Florida was arrested in the Port Authority Bus Terminal for threatening to shoot and kill police officers, police said.

Hunter Taylor, 18, from Groveland, Fla., was talking with another man in the bus terminal about 4 p.m. Wednesday when he said he wanted to kill police and opened his bag to show off a Smith & Wesson Model 36 .38 caliber revolver, according to a spokesman for the Port Authority Police Department.

That other man then alerted nearby PAPD officers, who arrested Taylor, police said.

In his bag, they found his gun, five hollow-point bullets and a baggie of marijuana, police said.

He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, making a terroristic threat and unlawful possession of marijuana, officials said.

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