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Police: Man dumps gun as he flees cops

A Roosevelt man who tried to ditch a semiautomatic handgun as he ran from Special Investigations Squad officers Wednesday faces a weapon-possession charge, Nassau County police said.

Tyshawn G. Gitto, 21, was riding a bicycle east on Lincoln Avenue in Roosevelt at about 11:31 p.m. when officers from the squad on patrol noticed a bulge in his right-front jacket pocket.

A police spokeswoman...

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