{"id":143894,"date":"2026-02-24T17:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143894\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T17:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:03:33","slug":"close-call-for-brooklyn-cops-as-gun-falls-out-of-suspects-pocket-during-arrest-attempt-bodycam-footage-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143894\/","title":{"rendered":"Close call for Brooklyn cops as gun falls out of suspect\u2019s pocket during arrest attempt, bodycam footage shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/unnamed-10.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"bodycam footage shows brooklyn suspect's gun fall out of pocket during arrest\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Close call for Brooklyn cops as gun falls out of suspect's pocket during arrest attempt, bodycam footage shows 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD<\/p>\n<p>New bodycam footage that the <a href=\"http:\/\/nyc.gov\/nypd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NYPD<\/a> released this week shows the arrest of a convicted sex trafficker in <a href=\"http:\/\/amny.com\/brooklyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brooklyn<\/a> who dropped a firearm when cops came to arrest him earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd73pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">73rd Precinct<\/a> responded to a 911 report of a man brandishing a gun.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When they arrived, police learned that the suspect \u2014 later identified as 38-year-old Naquan Brown of Queens \u2014 had approached a 29-year-old woman inside an elevator and menaced her with a gun.\n<\/p>\n<p>The responding officers began searching the building for the gunman when they spotted Brown, who matched the suspect\u2019s description and appeared intoxicated, entering a stairwell. <\/p>\n<p>Footage from their body-worn camera shows them with guns drawn, then tackling him.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShow me your hands!\u201d One of the cops calls out as they approach.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137833658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771952613_405_unnamed-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"701\" title=\"Close call for Brooklyn cops as gun falls out of suspect's pocket during arrest attempt, bodycam footage shows 2\"  \/>Footage from their body-worn camera shows them with guns drawn tackling him.NYPD\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d Brown responds as he is taken to the ground. At that moment, a handgun fell onto the ground from his pocket.<\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>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.\n<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New bodycam footage that the NYPD released this week shows the arrest of a convicted sex trafficker in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[24314,101,98,100,99,7426,60370,9,24,63,103,104],"class_list":["post-143894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-73-precicnt","tag-arrest","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-cops","tag-gun-crime","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}