Cops: Brooklyn Man Resisted Search, Struck Officers

A Brooklyn man was arrested in Inwood on Thursday after he apparently attacked police officers who were trying to ascertain whether he was holding a handgun, according to police.

police officers said they saw Elton Daniels, 29, carrying what appeared to be a handgun in the vicinity of Prospect Place and Alvin Place, according to a police report. When they tried to question Daniels, he apparently fled, but was located a short time later.

The Brooklyn man apparently became combative during the investigation, striking one officer in the shoulder numerous times and pushing him into a parked car and hitting another officer repeatedly in the shoulder, police said. Officers eventually placed him into custody. A handgun was not recovered.

The officers were transported to a local hospital where they were treated and released.

Daniels is charged with two counts of assault in the second degree, resisting arrest and obstruction of governmental administration. He was scheduled to be arraigned on Friday at First District Court in Hempstead.