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Declyn ‘Dex’ Lauper, son of iconic singer Cyndi Lauper, was arrested in connection with criminal possession of a gun and drugs in New York City on Wednesday.
Dex, 26, was taken into custody after a shooting occurred in Harlem around 7:15 p.m. in the area near 135 W. 112th St., police said. New York Postafter a 24-year-old man was found shot in the leg near an apartment building.
Authorities detained Dex while investigating the shooting of the man, who was later taken to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, where he was in stable condition.
It was not immediately clear if Dex’s arrest had any ties to the shooting, officials told the outlet.
Declyn ‘Dex’ Lauper, 26, son of iconic singer Cyndi Lauper, 70, was arrested in connection with criminal possession of a gun and drugs in New York City on Wednesday. Photographed in New York in 2017.
Dex, 26, was taken into custody after a shooting occurred in Harlem around 7:15 p.m. in the area near 135 W. 112th St., police told the New York Post. Photographed in New York last June.