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At 10:42 p.m., on Saturday, Oct. 29, Atlantic City patrol units were dispatched to South Carolina and Baltic avenues for a report of a male brandishing a handgun.
Officer Anthony Nastasi responded to the area and found a man, Iman McCoy, matching the description of the suspect, police said.
After a brief foot pursuit, Nastasi subsequently apprehended McCoy a short distance away where he was taken into custody after a brief struggle. McCoy was found to be in possession of a defaced handgun that was loaded and approximately 3 grams of suspected heroin, police said.
He was charged with multiple weapons and drug offenses as well as resisting arrest.
McCoy was being held in the Atlantic County Justice Facility.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact the Atlantic City Police Department Criminal Investigations Section at 609-347-5766 or text anonymously to tip411 (847411). Begin the text with ACPD.
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