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Officers heard gunshots in the area of Bayview Avenue and Walcott Avenue in Inwood at about 12:30 a.m. on Monday, May 16, according to the Nassau County Police Department.
Police recovered 18 shell casings and three bullet fragments at the scene, authorities said.
Officers received a description of the suspects involved in the incident and located two of the suspects a short time later in the Town of Hempstead Terrace Garden Park, NCPD said.
Police said 31-year-old Satoya Mccoy, of Queens, was seen throwing a Smith-Wesson 9mm handgun on the ground. The gun had been reported stolen by police in North Carolina and had a 16-round, high-capacity magazine inserted in it, NCPD reported.
Police also reported that 38-year-old Rashawn Williams, of the Bronx, resisted arrest after officers located him.
When Williams was arrested, he was found to be in possession of a loaded Colt .45 caliber handgun, which was reported stolen by police in West Virginia, police said.
NCPD said Mccoy was charged with:
- Fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property
- Criminal possession of a firearm
- Third-degree criminal possession of a weapon: Ammunition feeding device
She is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday, May 17, authorities said.
Police said Williams was charged with:
- Fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property: Firearms
- Criminal Possession of a firearm
- Third-degree criminal possession of a weapon: Previous conviction
- Third-degree criminal possession weapon: Ammunition feeding device
- Second-degree criminal possession of a weapon: Loaded firearm
- Second-degree obstructing governmental administration
NCPD said Williams will be arraigned when medically practical.
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