Crime & Safety

Queens Father, Son Stockpiled Leaded 'Ghost Gun' Assault Rifles: DA

A Valentine's Day raid in the pair's Fresh Meadows home uncovered not only ghost guns, but also 3-D printed silencers, prosecutors said.

Guns were found in Queens raid Wednesday, prosecutors said.
Guns were found in Queens raid Wednesday, prosecutors said. (Queens District Attorney's Office)

QUEENS, NY — A Queens father and son stockpiled ghost guns, — including loaded assault rifles — inside their home, prosecutors said.

Hyung-Suk Woo, 26, and Ji-In Woo, 55, were arraigned on a 130-count criminal complaint after a Valentine's Day raid at their Fresh Meadows home, authorities said.

The raid uncovered two loaded and fully assembled AR-15-style ghost gun assault rifles, as well as four 3-D printed silencers, prosecutors said.

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"We will keep fighting the gun plague with everything we have," said Melinda Katz, district attorney for Queens, in a statement. "Every gun seized is a tragedy averted."

The raid stemmed from a probe into Hyung-Suk Woo's purchase of polymer-based gun parts, authorities said.

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Investigators, in addition to the rifles and silences, said they found:

  • Two loaded and fully assembled 9-mm semiautomatic ghost gun pistols with "assault weapon characteristics"
  • One loaded and fully assembled 9-mm semiautomatic ghost gun pistol
  • Fifty-eight high-capacity ammunition feeding devices, of which 13 were personally made

The pair face up to 15 years in prison, if convicted.

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