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Detectives Corey Davis, John Rikowich, Muhammed Dombayci and Wisam Salameh spotted the teen at the corner of Mercer and Franklin Streets -- where several shots had recently been fired -- shortly before 8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said.
The boy bolted, then discarded a .38-caliber Interarms revolver with the detectives in pursuit, Speziale said.
They caught him in the backyard of a Mercer Street home near Keen Street and recovered the gun, which was sent to New Jersey State Police for ballistics testing to determine whether it may have been fired during a crime, the director said.
Delinquency complaints were signed charging the coy with weapons possession and resisting arrest.
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