Metro

911 operator’s text takes down gun-toting teen

A quick-thinking off-duty 911 operator texted a co-worker to alert cops of a pistol-packing teen aboard a Staten Island bus, police said.

Rookie NYPD Communications Technician Coryse Hercules, 28, was on an S-40 bus in Richmond Terrace around 1:15 p.m., yesterday, when she and other passengers noticed Raysean Alston, 18, move a gun from his pants to his backpack, cops said.

“He’s got a gun,” the 911 operator heard a passenger whisper, police added.

The pistol-packing teen heard it too and told passengers to “calm down,” according to cops.

“It’s not serious,” he allegedly said. “I carry it for protection.”

Instead of risking a confrontation on the packed bus by calling 911, Hercules discretely texted a fellow 911 operator in hopes that the co-worker would see the text messages and call police.

Hercules used her iPhone to relay a detailed description of the perp and his surroundings, cops said.

“Perp is sitting by female with pink stroller,” the 911 operator wrote.

Police Communications Technician Stephanie Williams, 24, was home when she received the texts. Williams pass along the location, direction of travel and a description that included the suspect’s black Beats headphones, backpack, mask and scully hat, cops said.

The technicians provided updates about the movement of the bus and the movement of the suspect.

Police responded, pulled the bus over and arrested Alston, who tried to walk away from the backpack, according to cops said. Police recovered a 9mm Bryco semi-automatic handgun and a Smith & Wesson revolver loaded with five bullets and one spent shell casing, cops added.

The revolver was reported stolen in Delaware. Cops are still investigating where the spent shell casing was fired and when.

Alston, who has three prior arrests for forcible touching, fare-beating and marijuana possession, was charged with two counts of weapons possession.

The two dispatchers were hired in September.