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.
“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.
