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Maryland man busted with loaded gun outside NYC police precinct: officials

A Maryland man was arrested with a loaded gun outside a Queens police precinct over the weekend, authorities said. 

Anthony Gamez, 30, was in front of the 114th Precinct station house on Astoria Boulevard near 35th Street in Astoria around 11:30 a.m. Sunday when an officer noticed a bulge in his pocket, cops said. 

He was later stopped and found in possession of a loaded Springfield armory firearm, according to authorities and police sources.

The suspect was busted outside the 114th Precinct in Queens.
The suspect was busted outside the 114th Precinct in Queens. Google Maps

Gamez, from Beltsville, a suburb of Washington, DC, was charged with criminal possession of a firearm and possession of a large-capacity ammunition magazine, police said. 

He has no prior arrests in the Big Apple, cops said.