Singer Chris Brown Arrested

Grammy Awards winning singer Chris Brown was arrested Tuesday after a woman claimed he threatened her with a gun, police said.

The woman reported the early morning incident to police, saying 27-year-old Brown pointed the gun at her before she left his gated estate in the wealthy Los Angeles enclave of Tarzana.


The LAPD received a call at about 3 a.m. local time (6 a.m. ET) and sent several patrol cars to the home later Tuesday morning.

Brown refused to come out of his home and talk with officers and other witnesses have also been uncooperative.

Officers obtained a search warrant allowing them to enter the entertainer's Los Angeles mansion.

"Mr. Brown is going to be transported where he will be arrested for assault with a deadly weapon," LAPD Lt. Chris Ramirez told reporters. 

Brown was later booked and then released on $250,000 bail, according to officials.

The woman who made the complaint in an interview with E! said Brown pointed a gun at her face after an argument about a diamond cross necklace.

The woman said there was a man selling diamond watches and necklaces near the kitchen area, she admired a diamond cross but did not touch it or pick it up, and there was a dispute and another man began nudging her toward the door and telling her she needed to leave.

"And that's when Chris Brown kind of went off, pulled out his gun and said, 'get the f out,'" she told E! in a phone interview. "He was saying, 'get the f out.' Like, 'haven't I told you guys enough,' and he was kind of threatening me with the gun, like he's gonna shoot me with it if I don't get out," she said.

The woman said that after she left an associate who brought her shoes and cellphone tried to get her to sign some sort of non-disclosure agreement, she said.

The LAPD's Robbery-Homicide Division, which in addition to high profile and complex murders and robberies also handles cases involving VIPs and celebrities, is investigating the case.