Ghost guns found in NYC day care after baby dies from suspected fentanyl exposure at another
Police said they found multiple ghost guns in an unlocked room at a licensed home day care center in East Harlem. It comes after fentanyl was found at another day care where a 1-year-old boy fell ill and later died from apparent opioid exposure
New York City officials have vowed to take action after ghost guns and a 3D printer were found in an unlocked room at a licensed day care center just days after fentanyl was discovered at another site where a child fell ill and later died from apparent opioid exposure.
"We are clear that we must protect children in New York City," Mayor Eric Adams said at a news conference Wednesday as he vowed to "lead the entire country" in taking steps to ramp up safety at day care sites.
The proclamation came as the New York City Police Department announced the arrest of an 18-year-old found to have 3D-printed ghost guns at his mother's home in East Harlem, which they said was being operated as a licensed day care center.
Police said they found multiple ghost guns in an unlocked room at the residence, including two completed 3D-printed guns and an assault pistol that was in the final stages of assembly. A 3D printer and printing tools were also found.
Karon Coley was expected to be charged with illegal firearms possession, manufacturing of an assault weapon and reckless endangerment, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said at Wednesday's news conference.
"When made well, ghost guns and 3D printed firearms operate just like commercial firearms," said Rebecca Weiner, the NYPD's deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism bureau. "In the hands of teenagers, they can inflict just as much violence," she said.
The discovery of the ghost guns was made as part of an investigation into the manufacture and sale of privately made firearms, or PMFs, in New York City, police said.
It came less than two weeks after fentanyl was found at a day care in the Bronx borough after 1-year-old Nicholas Dominici fell ill and died and three other children got sick from an apparent opioid exposure earlier this month.
In that case, investigators found fentanyl hidden under a trapdoor on the same floor where children had played, as well as in a closet on top of children's play mats at the “Divino Niño” day care center, according to police. Two kilo presses, typically used by drug dealers to package large quantities of drugs, were also found in the closet, authorities said.
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