Maintenance worker finds AR-15 inside trash at Lower Manhattan subway station

LOWER MANHATTAN (WABC) -- The NYPD is looking into a startling discovery after an AR-15 assault rifle found at a Manhattan subway station.

A maintenance worker found it on Friday inside a trash can at the Cortlandt Street-WTC Station.

The weapon was unloaded and no ammunition was found.

Police are now trying to find who put it there.

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