{"id":102968,"date":"2026-01-17T03:17:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T03:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/102968\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T03:17:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T03:17:29","slug":"nypd-911-call-of-man-with-gun-prompts-police-response-on-staten-island-firearm-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/102968\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD: 911 call of man with gun prompts police response on Staten Island; firearm found"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/crime-safety\/\" title=\"Navigate to Crime &amp; Safety\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime &amp; Safety<\/a>Published: Jan. 16, 2026, 9:57 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3PU4PQNMPRGZLG2G3ROH6DAKTQ\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Police are searching for a man who fled the scene of an alleged menacing incident involving a firearm Friday night in New Brighton, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WWU5GIRN2NF45EKXIH3F4EML3E\">A 911 call reported a male with a firearm at about 7:20 p.m. on York Avenue, according to a spokesperson for the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Google Maps\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/VM4GJZHX7NAG5MVUDEDTEMRGFQ.png\"  \/>The suspect allegedly menaced another person with a firearm on York Avenue before fleeing Friday evening, NYPD officials said.Google Maps<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XSPJE2UTH5AMNAQ4IGWOTBS7GQ\">The spokesperson said the individual menaced another person with a firearm before fleeing the location in an unknown direction. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5N3JD3GLPJAFRJUYTETFZBFJIA\">Police officers responded to the scene and a gun was recovered.<\/p>\n<p>McLawrence joined SILive.com in 2022, she holds a master&#8217;s degree from Syracuse University&#8217;s Newhouse School of Public Communications. As a breaking news reporter, she covers diverse topics including crime,&#8230; more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crime &amp; SafetyPublished: Jan. 16, 2026, 9:57 p.m. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Police are searching for a man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-102968","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}