Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
The hearing court properly declined to suppress the defendant's response to the arresting officer's inquiry concerning the location of a gun. The officer's inquiry was justifiable for safety reasons and did not violate the defendant's constitutional right against self-incrimination (see, New York v Quarles,
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