Police said a 42-year-old Manhattan man who had reportedly been armed with an “air gun” was apprehended without incident in the Highbridge section of The Bronx on Tuesday afternoon, July 29, as part of an emergency response operation seemingly involving the NYPD’s bomb squad. The incident came one day after an active shooter killed four innocent people, including Bronx Police Officer Didarul Islam of the 47th Precinct, in Midtown Manhattan and later shot himself.

Police said at around 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday, officers from the 44th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding [a person with] a possible firearm at 1402 Nelson Avenue located between Edward L Grant Highway and West 172nd Street. “Upon arrival, officers conducted a canvass,” police said. “A person of interest was apprehended

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