Participants Received Cash Cards and Electronics
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that 180 firearms, including 11 assault-style rifles, were turned in at the Office’s gun buyback on Saturday, December 13, 2025, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in the Wakefield section of the Bronx.
District Attorney Clark said, “The resounding success of this gun buyback is testimony to what we can do as a community by working together. Every gun turned in is a possible life saved. I thank Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie for providing funding for the electronics and gift cards that incentivized people to turn in their guns. I am grateful to Father Pierre-Andre H. Duvert for his partnership and willingness to allow us to use his church to host the buyback.”
District Attorney Clark said 180 firearms were turned in at the event, including 83 semiautomatics, 54 revolvers, 11 assault weapons, two rifles, four shotguns, and a ghost gun, among other firearms. Participants received a $500 or $200 gift card, along with IPAD Pros, AirPod Pros, gaming consoles and other high-ticket items. The guns were collected at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 777 E. 222nd Street.
This was the Office’s second gun buyback event this year. On November 22nd, 2025, 165 firearms were collected at St. James Episcopal Church in the Fordham neighborhood.
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