New bodycam footage that the NYPD released this week shows the arrest of a convicted sex trafficker in Brooklyn who dropped a firearm when cops came to arrest him earlier this month.
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New bodycam footage that the NYPD released this week shows the arrest of a convicted sex trafficker in Brooklyn who dropped a firearm when cops came to arrest him earlier this month.
Law enforcement sources said the incident unfolded just before 4 p.m. on Feb. 16 at 17 Somers St. in Ocean Hill, where officers from the 73rd Precinct responded to a 911 report of a man brandishing a gun.
When they arrived, police learned that the suspect — later identified as 38-year-old Naquan Brown of Queens — had approached a 29-year-old woman inside an elevator and menaced her with a gun.
The responding officers began searching the building for the gunman when they spotted Brown, who matched the suspect’s description and appeared intoxicated, entering a stairwell.
Footage from their body-worn camera shows them with guns drawn, then tackling him.
“Show me your hands!” One of the cops calls out as they approach.
Footage from their body-worn camera shows them with guns drawn tackling him.NYPD
“What are you doing?” Brown responds as he is taken to the ground. At that moment, a handgun fell onto the ground from his pocket.
Brown was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a weapon, one count of criminal possession of a firearm, and one count of menacing.
Police say Brown is no stranger to law enforcement, having racked up nine prior arrests. In 2017, he was indicted in a Brooklyn court for sex trafficking.
Three years later, in 2010, he was arrested with a gun. In that case, he was charged with criminal possession of a loaded firearm, reckless engagement, and filing a false report.