WILMINGTON — Wilmington Police have one suspect in custody following a standoff with an armed suspect Tuesday afternoon.
Wilmington Police Department Spokeswoman Lucy Crockett said the suspect fired his gun as police attempted to serve a warrant on the suspect.
Police have not released the suspect’s identity or charges.
Wilmington Police cornered the man in an outbuilding behind a home in the 400 block of Barclay Hills Drive, just off Princess Place Drive in Wilmington.
No one was inside the home, but school and law enforcement officials locked down four area schools a precaution.
The standoff lasted for several hours.
New Hanover Sheriff’s deputies began releasing students at 2:30 p.m.
New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Jerry Brewer said deputies first dismissed students at Child Development Center, then moved on, school-by-school, until they dismissed Mosley Performing Arts Center, Rachel B. Freeman and Snipes.
“The police were chasing a suspect in the vicinity of the schools. The schools, and no one there at the schools, were involved in any way. No injuries. This was a neighborhood incident, not a school incident,” New Hanover County Schools Spokeswoman Valita Quattlebaum said.
