Police surrounded the Los Angeles home of Chris Brown on Tuesday in response to a 911 call from a woman who reportedly claimed the R&B star had pointed a gun at her.
"This morning, around three o'clock, officers responded to a radio call for a woman requiring assistance. The incident involved the residence of Mr. Chris Brown, where officers responded and met with that person," Lieutenant Chris Ramirez of the Los Angeles Police Department told reporters at a press conference.
Los Angeles police by early afternoon said that they had obtained a search warrant and had entered the singer's palatial home.
People who left the home were being searched by police but no one was immediately arrested, Ramirez said.
It was not clear if officers had spoken with Brown, who before the issuance of the search warrant had dared the police to enter in a series of videos he posted on Instagram.
"So I'm alseep half the damn night. I just wake up. All these helicopters around, police out there at the gate. What the f*ck else you want from me, bro?"
Baylee Curran, who was crowned Miss California Regional in a beauty pageant this year, identified herself as the caller as she also took to Instagram.
"Do you all honestly think I wanted this and I caused this?" asked Curran, who appeared to be in a moving car.
"If somebody put a gun to your head, what would you do? Call the police," she said.
She also spoke to the gossip site TMZ, saying she and a friend went into a hot tub at Brown's house and that the singer became angry when she admired the jewelry of a member of his entourage.
One of Brown's neighbors, television and radio host Jillian Barberie, tweeted the noise from helicopters as they flew over the area.
The R&B singer, who topped the US singles chart with "Run It!" and "Kiss Kiss," has had years of run-ins with the law.
Most notoriously, he was convicted of beating then girlfriend Rihanna before the 2009 Grammy Awards, forcing the pop singer to miss the music industry's annual gala.
In 2014, he pleaded guilty to assaulting a man outside a Washington hotel and earlier this year was accused of battery by a woman in Las Vegas.
He was accused last year of fraud in the Philippines for failing to perform a concert, also leading the singer to voice anger on Instagram while he waited to leave the country.
- additional reporting by AFP, Reuters
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