Dr. Dre beats gun rap from citizen’s arrest

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors have declined to bring gun charges against rapper Dr. Dre.

A spokesman for the Los Angeles district attorney said Wednesday there was a lack of evidence that the record producer and entrepreneur had brandished a gun in public.

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Sheriff’s deputies had cited Dre for a misdemeanor after a man reported that Dre pointed a handgun at him and threatened him outside his Malibu home Monday.

Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, told sheriff’s deputies he didn’t have a gun and had only asked the man to move the car blocking his driveway.

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Dre was briefly handcuffed, but no weapon was found. Prosecutors say there were no other witnesses, and there were discrepancies in the man’s account.

The man then filed a citizen’s arrest complaint.