SHIRLEY, N.Y. (1010 WINS) — A man has been arrested with the gun used in last month's double shooting outside Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin's home, the Suffolk County district attorney's office said Tuesday.
Noah Green, 18, was arraigned and ordered held on $750,000 cash bail, $1.5 million bond or $7.5 million partially secured bond.
He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of stolen property. He is due back in court on Friday.
Zeldin, who faces Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul in next Tuesday's election, was not at home when the Oct. 9 drive-by shooting occurred but said his twin 16-year-old daughters were in the kitchen doing homework when they heard gunshots and screaming.
Police have said the shooting was not connected to his campaign for governor. Green's possible involvement is still being investigated, the district attorney's office said.
According to court papers released by the district attorney's office, police officers conducting surveillance in connection with the shooting saw Green leave his residence in Shirley on Monday and get into a black Honda that had been reported stolen.
When officers approached Green, he exited the Honda and tried to flee by jumping onto the hood of the police car, prosecutors said.
Green reached for his pants pocket as officers tried to take him into custody, prosecutors said. Officers were able to grab Green’s hand and recover a loaded 9mm pistol from Green’s pocket, the district attorney's office said.
A microscopic analysis of the pistol showed that it was the same weapon as the one used in the shooting outside Zeldin’s house, the district attorney’s office said.
Additionally, the car used in the shooting was a black Honda “consistent with” the stolen car from Monday’s arrest, prosecutors said.
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney said in a statement that the investigation is ongoing and that his office expects to "have more developments in the future."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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