Singer Chris Brown was arrested Tuesday afternoon, more than 12 hours after detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department were sent to his home in the Tarzana neighborhood after a woman called 911 and said he pulled a gun on her, police said.
Brown was taken to LAPD headquarters, and arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, NBC Los Angeles reports. A 911 call came in at around 3 a.m. from outside Brown's home, and investigators spent several hours on the scene. In an Instagram video, Brown said he would stay put until they had a search warrant, and hours later, he left the house at about 2:30 p.m. to talk with an officer, CBS Los Angeles reports. TMZ says police retrieved at least one gun, other weapons, and drugs from the home.
TMZ says it spoke with the woman who called the police, identified as Miss California Regional 2016 Baylee Curran. Curran told TMZ she had spent time with Brown previously, and was at his home with a friend. He found her admiring a piece of jewelry, she said, and got angry, cursing at her and then pointing a gun. Curran said she asked for her cell phone, but members of Brown's entourage wouldn't let her have it unless she signed a non-disclosure agreement. She refused, she said, and left.
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