Police Dangle Gun-Wielding Suspect Outside 7th-Story Harlem Window

Police Dangle Gun-Wielding Suspect Outside 7th-Story Harlem Window

January 27, 2012 6:34pm | By Julie Shapiro, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

Police grabbed Michael Mulraine as he tried to jump from a seventh-story window in Harlem's Grant Houses. (NYPD)

HARLEM —  Investigating a report of child neglect and narcotics sales in a Harlem apartment building, police wound up dangling a suspect outside a seventh-story window Thursday morning, NYPD officials said.

Officers Isaias Alicea and Vincent Gagliostro responded to a 911 call about illegal activity at the apartment at 75 LaSalle St., in Harlem's Grant Houses, at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, police said.

A woman inside the apartment initially refused to open the door but agreed once the officers said they needed to check on children who could be in danger.

Once inside, officers saw a man flee to a back bedroom, locking the door behind him, police said.

The officers told the man, Michael Mulraine, 40, to unlock the door, which he did, and they found him lying on a bed with a gun in his hand, partially hidden by the mattress.

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