A man was arrested for a concealed gun Wednesday in Wilmington after patrol officers saw him acting as if he was hiding a weapon, city police said Thursday.
The Operation Safe Streets officers spotted the man shortly before 8 p.m. during routine patrol of the 400 block of N. Rodney St., Sgt. Andrea Janvier said.
The man – later identified as Alexander Fitzgerald, 18, of Wilmington – ran when the officers approached him, Janvier said.
Fitzgerald tried to go into a home on the block, but the officers took him into custody after a brief struggle, she said.
They found he was carrying a .40 caliber Glock semi-automatic handgun with an extended magazine holding 17 rounds, she said.
Fitzgerald was charged with carrying a concealed deadly weapon and resisting arrest.
Lacking $15,000 cash bail, he was committed to Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington.