The teen’s father burst with an AK-47 assault rifle inside a Times Square subway station was a criminal who was killed in a shootout with Ohio police last month.
Andrew Teague, 43, was shot dead by authorities in Columbus, Ohio, on March 5 after a savage chase on Interstate 270.
Authorities were trying to arrest Teague for a criminal assault order related to a Feb. 2 incident prior to the deadly encounter, police said.
Police chased Teague for more than an hour, and in an attempt to flee, Teague went the wrong way down I-270 and eventually attacked two other vehicles head-on in a matter of minutes.
Deputy Chief Jim Gilbert of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said Teague got out of the vehicle and exchanged gunfire with a Columbus police officer and an assistant, WBNS-TV reported.
Teague, who had a wide range of rapes, including arrests for possession of weapons, domestic violence, theft and drug trafficking, was killed in the shooting. Investigators recovered a weapon at the scene.
Teague’s cousin HK Woods told The Post by phone that he had had problems with his parole officer and that he “took him to the limit.”
“He came out the only way he could,” Woods said.
The man’s 18-year-old son, identified by New York City police sources as Saadiq Teague, was arrested Friday afternoon by NYPD police officers with an AK-47 assault rifle and a gas mask. at Times Square Subway Station.
Saadiq, an Ohio resident, was arrested without incident around 12:30 p.m. on the mezzanine floor of subway station lines A, C and E. He was not charged immediately.
Sources claim the teenager was sitting and charging his cell phone inside the station with the gun next to him in plain sight when traffic uniformed police officers saw him.
The AK-47 was unloaded, but the teen had a fully loaded magazine in his backpack, along with the gas mask, according to sources.
Saadiq told police he believed carrying a unloaded rifle with separately stored ammunition is legal in New York City, a senior police source said.
The FBI was also involved in the investigation into the matter, sources said.
Woods said he lost contact with Saadiq in recent years, but called him a good guy who liked to play football.
An Ohio man who identified himself as Saadiq’s uncle was stunned by the news Friday.
“How the hell did he get to New York?” asked family member Rennell Mahone during a phone call with The Post before asking, “Did you have a gas mask at the subway station?”
Additional reports by Joe Marino and Larry Celona