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NYPD stationhouse evacuated after 72-year-old man shows up with rusted gun and grenade

By
Larry Celona and
Amanda Woods
Published July 26, 2023
Updated July 26, 2023, 2:09 p.m. ET

An NYPD stationhouse was evacuated Wed📖nesday when a 7ꦕ2-year-old man showed up holding a rusted gun and grenade, police said.

The senior appeared at the 107th Precinct h𒀰eadquarters🗹 in Queens around 10:15 a.m. with the decaying weapons in tow, authorities said. 

The NYPD’s Bomb Squad and Emergency Services Unit responded to the stat🐎ionhouse, located on Parsons Boulevard near 71st Avenue🃏 in Pomonok, police said. 

The NYPD's 107th Precinct headquarters in Queens was evacuated after a man entered holding a rusted gun and grenade.
The NYPD’s 107th Precinct headquarters in Queens was evacuated after a man entered holding a rusted gun and grenade. Paul Martinka

Meanwhile, everyone inside was required to leave — including one prisoner, a 55-year-old man who was being held in the building and needed to be moved to another precinct, cops said. 

Sources say the grenade appears to be iner🦂t, but that has not yet been officially confirmed by police officials.

Poli🦩ce also could not immediately say whether the 🌠senior will face charges.

A prisoner in the stationhouse had to be relocated after the NYPD’s Bomb Squad and Emergency Services Unit responded to the scene.
A prisoner in the stationhouse had to be relocated after the NYPD’s Bomb Squad and Emergency Services Unit responded to the scene. Paul Martinka

The investigation was ongoing.