One man is in police custody following a shooting at a gas station Friday morning near the intersection of S. College Road and Randall Parkway.
At 10:29 a.m., Wilmington Police Department officers responded to a call about a man standing in the median in the 400 block of S. College Rd. and Randall Parkway, according to a news release from WPD. The call for service was related to panhandling, according to Lt. Gregory Willett with WPD.
As police arrived, the man fled towards the BP gas station, according to the news release. The man then displayed a gun. Officers gave commands for the man to drop his weapon, but he refused and threatened to shoot the officers.
The suspect fired shots at the officers. Officers returned fire, Willett said.
Neither the suspect nor officers were hit during the incident, according to the release.
Edwin Leroy Vaughan of Wilmington, 69, has been charged with two counts of assault on a law enforcement officer with a firearm, according to a news release from WPD.