April 8, 2006 -- A 14-year-old boy was busted yesterday when shocked Queens cops found him clutching an Uzi semiautomatic submachine gun - with a bullet in the chamber and 27 rounds in the magazine.
The 5-foot-7 teen, whose name is being withheld by The Post because of his age, was skulking down the block from JHS 217 in South Jamaica at 2:15 p.m. when cops, thinking they were responding to a routine call, rolled up.
A 911 caller had complained of seeing kids with pipes. The cops found something much more sinister.
The boy was toting the Uzi, the gun made famous as the weapon of choice for Israeli soldiers for years, while standing with friends in front of 87-10 144th St.
He attends school in Manhattan, but is believed to be a member of a local street gang called MOB, an acronym for the song "Money Over Bitches" by the gunned-down rapper Tupac Shakur.
The song's obscene lyrics paint a bloody portrait of a life dedicated to making money at any cost: "Been raised in violence, homicide's my lullaby. I blow you up on the spot. These Glocks hot till I drop."
The boy's posse yesterday included three 17-year-olds and a 15-year- old, but he was the only one arrested.
He was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and referred to Family Court. Under the law, he can be kept in a juvenile facility until age 18.
Authorities questioning him at the 107th Precinct station house last night were hoping to learn where and how he got the Uzi - and why he was lurking with it near a school he didn't attend.
The mother of his 17-year-old pal told The Post last night cops had said no one had yet confessed to how he got the weapon.
"The police said, 'We'll get to the truth tomorrow,' " the mom said.
While the cops don't think he actually fired the gun, they described the discovery as creepy - even for the hardscrabble streets of Jamaica.
While it's not uncommon to find youths packing 9 mm handguns, one cop said, kids and Uzis make for a heart-stopping combination.
The 5-foot-7 teen, whose name is being withheld by The Post because of his age, was skulking down the block from JHS 217 in South Jamaica at 2:15 p.m. when cops, thinking they were responding to a routine call, rolled up.
A 911 caller had complained of seeing kids with pipes. The cops found something much more sinister.
The boy was toting the Uzi, the gun made famous as the weapon of choice for Israeli soldiers for years, while standing with friends in front of 87-10 144th St.
He attends school in Manhattan, but is believed to be a member of a local street gang called MOB, an acronym for the song "Money Over Bitches" by the gunned-down rapper Tupac Shakur.
The song's obscene lyrics paint a bloody portrait of a life dedicated to making money at any cost: "Been raised in violence, homicide's my lullaby. I blow you up on the spot. These Glocks hot till I drop."
The boy's posse yesterday included three 17-year-olds and a 15-year- old, but he was the only one arrested.
He was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and referred to Family Court. Under the law, he can be kept in a juvenile facility until age 18.
Authorities questioning him at the 107th Precinct station house last night were hoping to learn where and how he got the Uzi - and why he was lurking with it near a school he didn't attend.
The mother of his 17-year-old pal told The Post last night cops had said no one had yet confessed to how he got the weapon.
"The police said, 'We'll get to the truth tomorrow,' " the mom said.
While the cops don't think he actually fired the gun, they described the discovery as creepy - even for the hardscrabble streets of Jamaica.
While it's not uncommon to find youths packing 9 mm handguns, one cop said, kids and Uzis make for a heart-stopping combination.
