Man wanted for Brooklyn shooting nabbed evading fare with gun in pocket at Coney Island subway station

A person of interest wanted for a Brooklyn shooting was arrested at a Coney Island subway station when he was caught trying to avoid the fare — with a loaded .357 magnum in his pocket, cops said Thursday.

It was the second time in two days that cops found a gun on someone trying to skirt the fare at the Stillwell Ave. station, police and MTA officials said.

Wilfredo Serrano, 20, was caught entering the station through the exit gate about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to police.

When cops patted him down they found the loaded revolver — made famous by the “Dirty Harry” movies — in his pocket.

Serrano is a person of interest in a recent Coney Island shooting, police sources said. As of Thursday morning, he hadn’t been charged for that incident.

At 4:50 p.m. Tuesday, cops arrested 23-year-old Kayvill Volitan when they caught him also trying to enter the Stillwell Ave. station through the exit gate, police said. Cops recovered a loaded .22-caliber pistol in his pants when they patted him down.

Volitan, a known gang member, was also wanted for a past crime in Coney Island, cops said.

His capture was one of five arrests in the city’s transit system Tuesday, MTA Chief of External Relations John McCarthy said.

“Tuesday’s arrests demonstrate the value of police officers being deployed in large numbers on trains, in stations and at subway entrances,” McCarthy said.

As of Sunday, NYPD transit officers were fighting a 41% jump in crime on the city’s railways this year, which includes a 33% jump in robberies, from 357 muggings this time last year to 477 so far this year, and a 16% jump in assaults, from 370 to 431, cops said.