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Cyndi Lauper’s son free on bail in weapons possession case linked to Harlem shooting

Declyn Lapuper (right) leaves Manhattan Criminal Court after making bail for a gun possession charge Friday. Inset is his mother, Cyndi Lauper. (Barry Williams for New Daily News; Getty Images)
Declyn Lapuper (right) leaves Manhattan Criminal Court after making bail for a gun possession charge Friday. Inset is his mother, Cyndi Lauper. (Barry Williams for New Daily News; Getty Images)
New York Daily News
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The son of Grammy-winning musician Cyndi Lauper was freed on bail Friday on charges of possessing a loaded Glock handgun.

Declyn Lauper, 26, was nabbed minutes after a shooting on W. 112th St. near Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. that was reported around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, police said.

A 24-year-old man was shot in the leg and taken to Mount Sinai Morningside hospital in stable condition.

Declyn Lauper is arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on gun possession charges Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 after he was arrested in Harlem. (Curtis Means for DailyMail.Com/ Pool)
Declyn Lauper is arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on gun possession charges Friday. (Curtis Means for DailyMail.com / Pool)

Lauper possessed a fanny pack that contained the Glock, which had seven bullets in its magazine, said a complaint filed in Manhattan Criminal Court.

The complaint says Lauper possessed the weapon “with intent to use it unlawfully against another.”

Also arrested in the gunfire was Omar Lewin, 24, of Washington Heights. Information about Lewin’s case was not immediately available.

Declyn Lapuper is escorted by his personal security out of Manhattan Criminal Court after making bail for a gun possession charge Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams for New Daily News)
Declyn Lauper, center, is escorted out of Manhattan Criminal Court after his arraignment Friday. (Barry Williams for New Daily News)

Lauper was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a firearm, and Manhattan prosecutors sought bail of $50,000 cash or $150,000 bond.

But a criminal court judge set lower bail, at $20,000 cash and $100,000 bond.

Lauper’s family posted cash bail, and he walked out of court with his lawyer.

Lauper’s arrest was not the first for the troubled son of the ’80s pop star, who won a Tony Award for writing the music in the Broadway show “Kinky Boots.”

David Thornton leaves court after posting cash bail, $20,000, for his son, Declyn Lapuper, for a gun possession charge at Manhattan Criminal Court Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams for New Daily News)
David Thornton leaves court after posting cash bail for his son, Declyn Lauper, at Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday. (Barry Williams for New Daily News)

In July 2022, police found Lauper sitting in the driver’s seat of a stolen car, the Daily News reported at the time.

Cops noticed the illegally double-parked 2014 Mercedes-Benz C350 at the corner of W. 140th St. and Broadway in Hamilton Heights. They determined the vehicle was stolen, police said.

Declyn Lapuper is escorted by his personal security out of Manhattan Criminal Court after making bail for a gun possession charge Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams for New Daily News)
Declyn Lapuper is escorted by personal security out of Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday. (Barry Williams for New Daily News)

Lauper was charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle in that incident.

Lauper, who raps under the name Dex Lauper, lives on the Upper West Side. He is the only child of Cyndi Lauper.

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US singer Cyndi Lauper (R) and her son Declyn arrive for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, September 12, 2021. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
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US singer Cyndi Lauper (R) and her son Declyn (L) arrive for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center in Brooklyn in 2021. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)