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Federal immigration officials arrested an MS-13 member they believe threatened officers in the same Bronx police precinct where two cops were wounded in back-to-back shootings last weekend, the Daily News has learned.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Thursday afternoon picked up Armando Clemente-Ramos, who is suspected of threatening officers in the 41st Precinct and elsewhere in the Bronx, a law enforcement source said.
“MS-13 wanted their hat in the ring,” the source said, alluding to the publicity surrounding the shootings.
ICE identified Clemente-Ramos through immigration-related leads, said the source, who declined to say how the threat was made except to note it didn’t come over social media.
Clemente-Ramos, who is undocumented, is being held for now on immigration-related charges, said the source.
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The arrest was intended to just “get the guy off the street,” the source said, indicating other charges were possible.
Clemente-Ramos’ threat surfaced Sunday, after suspect Robert Williams was arrested for two separate attacks on 41st Precinct officers on Saturday and Sunday.
Officers in the precinct were warned Thursday to “remain vigilant and stay alert” after the NYPD’s Chief of Detectives office received an anonymous tip that someone else might have been planning to shoot some of them.
Police limited access to the 41st Precinct stationhouse on Longwood Ave., taping off every stairway but one to funnel the public into and out of a single entrance.
A wooden sawhorse was placed in front of the steps on the side of the building, while a metal barricade blocked off a nearby wheelchair ramp.
Three police officers — two of them members of the anti-terrorism Strategic Response Group — were stationed outside the door.
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A marked NYPD SUV blocked off the parking lot with two officers stationed on foot patrol outside the vehicle.
Nearby, the street was lined with television news trucks, monitoring the heightened security.
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