Opinion
July 14, 1997
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ferdinand, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Based on the information supplied by the unidentified informants during their face-to-face conversation with the police officers and the observations of one of the officers as he approached the defendant, the police had a reasonable suspicion that the defendant possessed a gun (see, People v. Sledge, 225 A.D.2d 711; People v. Agyman, 204 A.D.2d 731; People v. Castro, 115 A.D.2d 433, and 68 N.Y.2d 850). Consequently, the stop and frisk of the defendant was justified (see, People v. Agyman, supra; People v. Sattan, 200 A.D.2d 640; People v. Castro, supra). Because the police conduct was lawful, the hearing court properly denied suppression of both the gun recovered from the defendant and the spontaneous statement subsequently made by him (see, People v. Sledge, supra; People v. Agyman, supra; People v. Sattan, supra).
O'Brien, J. P., Thompson, Altman and Krausman, JJ., concur.