Two found with loaded gun in Inwood

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A loaded semi-automatic Glock-19 gun was found in a vehicle stopped by police in Inwood on Nov. 5, resulting in the arrest of two people.

Nassau police saw a 2021 Toyota not remaining in its lane heading east on Burnside Avenue in Inwood near 1 a.m. The police stopped the car at the intersection of Burnside and Wahl avenues. During the subsequent investigation the gun was found.

Catrina Taylor, 42, of Hamilton Place, Manhattan, and Semaj Campbell, 32, of Dyke Street, Pittsburgh, were arrested. The vehicle’s driver, only identified as a man, 32, was given multiple vehicle and traffic law summonses and released at the scene.

Taylor and Campbell are both charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon. They will be arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead on Nov. 5.