In re Eddie M.

On November 16, 1983, at approximately 2:50 p.m., Police Officer John Goggin and his partner, while on uniform motor patrol in Brooklyn, spotted the 15-year-old appellant holding what appeared to be a gun. Appellant, with his head facing *636downward, was looking at the object. Another patrol car containing two police officers arrived on the scene, and Goggin apprised them of the situation. The officers then exited their respective vehicles, approached appellant from opposite directions and ordered him to drop the object which Goggin now knew to be a gun. Appellant did not comply with the…