2 Men Arrested for Shooting Gun Out of Sunroof

Juan Martinez-Torres

Two Hempstead men were arrested after a witness spotted one of them firing a gun out of the sunroof of the car that the other was driving in Seaford early Sunday morning, Nassau police said.

Juan Martinez-Torres, 24, was seated in the front passenger seat of an Acura RL that 46-year-old Alexander Ponce was driving northbound on Route 135 when Martinez-Torres fired multiple rounds from a handgun out of the sunroof at 12:44 a.m., according to 7th Squad detectives. There were no injuries reported.

Alexander Ponce

A driver witnessed the shots being fired and called police, who apprehended the two men and the vehicle later the same day. At the time, officers found them to be in possession of a .38 caliber Smith and Wesson, police said.

Ponce and Martinez-Torres were each charged with reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon and will be arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead on Monday.

Alexander Ponce Hempstead Juan Martinez-Torres Nassau police Route 135 Seaford

Alexander Ponce, Hempstead, Juan Martinez-Torres, Nassau police, Route 135, Seaford

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