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Police: Man fired shots in neighborhood near downtown

Posted at 5:29 AM, Sep 29, 2016
and last updated 2016-09-29 22:39:27-04

One person has been taken into custody after a barricade overnight.

It happened at a residence in the area of Charleston Boulevard and Bruce Street. The incident began around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Police say that an individual fired a gun in the neighborhood and then went inside of a residence and refused to come out.

Two adults and a child were able to escape safely but another child was still in the residence during the incident. But, the child was not injured.

Bruce Street was closed during the incident.