LINDEN — An 18-year-old city man faces charges including aggravated assault on an officer after allegedly telling police to shoot him and attempting to take an officer's gun.

Ricky Gass, 18, has also been charged with attempting to disarm an officer and resisting arrest.

Police were called to the 400 block of Chandler Avenue around 4:46 p.m. on Thursday for a report of a disorderly man jumping on cars. The suspect, later identified as Gass, was standing in the street when officers arrived but ran into a nearby house after noticing them, police said.

When officers knocked on the door, Gass came out wrapped in a blanket and started yelling at them to shoot him, Capt. James Sarnicki said in a statement.

Gass "continued to act belligerent" and struck an officer's shoulder with his fist, Sarnicki said. He also allegedly grabbed an officer's holstered gun, trying to pull it out.

The officers handcuffed him after a brief struggle, police said.

Gass was taken to Trinitas Regional Medical Center for an evaluation and then released into police custody.

He is now being held in the Union County jail in lieu of $75,000 bail and due in court on Friday.

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