Bloods gang member busted for serving as personal shopper to NYC gun buyers
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Kyle Leonard, 25, sold the firepower - including an assault rifle - out of the trunk of his car, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes said Tuesday.
Leonard was nailed by NYPD undercover cops who managed an introduction, texted orders to his cell phone and bought $17,500 worth of arms from him in a year.
"This is somebody who contributed to the carnage on our streets," Hynes said in announcing the indictment.
"Something ought to be done to tighten up the way guns are sold, particularly in the South," said the DA, who noted 111 people, including 34 teens, were shot to death in the borough this year.
A native of Brooklyn, Leonard moved to North Carolina and set up shop there, often changing his phone number and aliases to avoid detection, Hynes said.
In one major purchase order in June, undercover cops paid Leonard $5,700 for two Berretta semi-automatic pistols, one Cal Taurus revolver, three more semi-automatic handguns and a Bushmaster AR15 assault rifle.
In total, the cops bought 22 weapons said NYPD Lt. Rhonny King who worked on the investigation which is continuing.
"We don't know how many more guns he sold but we know there were other buyers," Hynes said.
Leonard was held pending a bail hearing today. Prosecutor Edward Caroll said he would request $1 million bail.
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