STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Police busted an alleged gang member with a loaded gun on Staten Island, according to NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea.

Field Intelligence and Anti-Crime officers from the 120th and 121st precincts assisted in the arrest of a suspect with the gun, according to a post on the 121st Precinct Twitter feed.

Police identified the suspect as Jahquan Jordan, 20, of the 200 block of Ralph Avenue in Brooklyn.

Shea had high words of praise for officers on Staten Island.

“Last night, our Staten Island cops were hard at work, going into harm’s way to take this illegal/defaced firearm off our streets and arresting the gang member carrying it,” Shea posted on his social media account. “Another example of the great work your cops do every day.”

The photo shows a Hi-Point handgun and seven standard and hollow-point bullets.

On Thursday at about 8 p.m. on Brighton Avenue near Jersey Street, officers spotted Jordan, who allegedly was wanted on a prior complaint, according to a spokeswoman for the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.

When officers approached the suspect, he allegedly fled on foot and then was apprehended in the vicinity of Brighton Avenue and Tilden Street. He was arrested and a loaded Hi-Point .40-caliber handgun was recovered with .40-caliber rounds, the police spokeswoman said.

The defendant also provided a false name to the officers at the time of his arrest, police said.

Jordan was charged by police with criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a firearm, possession of a large-capacity ammunition feed device and false personation.