NEW YORK POST: Hochul To Convene Illegal Guns Task Force

NEW YORK STATE: The Interstate Task Force on Illegal Guns, which is being created in partnership with the NYPD and Mayor Eric Adams, was first announced at the governor’s State of the State address.

The committee will convene law-enforcement officials from across New York to “share intelligence and strategies” that can stop the trafficking of illegal guns, officials said.

The governor’s office said it will work with neighboring states as well as Ohio, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire to figure out where the guns are coming from.

Hochul’s task force found new urgency after last week, when rookie Officer Jason Rivera, 22, was fatally gunned down during a domestic call Friday in Harlem. His police partner Wilbert Mora, 27, continued to fight for his life at NYU Langone hospital Sunday.

Law enforcement sources told the Post that suspect Lashawn McNeil used an illegal Glock handgun with a “high-capacity magazine” to shoot the two officers and had a loaded AR-type weapon stashed under his bed. 

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