Wilmington police officer who heard a gunshot while speaking with a resident inside a home managed to track down the alleged shooter and arrest him

Wilmington police officer who heard a gunshot while speaking with a resident inside a home managed to track down the alleged shooter and arrest him, police said today.

The incident happened Sunday at about 4:45 p.m. as the officer was in a home in the 200 block of N. Franklin St,, said Wilmington police spokesman Sgt. Daniel Selekman.

After hearing the gunshot, the officer ran outside and heard two more gunshots coming from the area of the 1200 block of W. Third St.

There, he spotted a man, later identified as 46-year-old Noel Santiago, of the 500 block of Stanton Road in Stanton, wearing a red bandanna across his face.

The officer was able to take Santiago into custody without incident.

A pat-down yielded 13 rounds of .38 caliber ammunition, and a search of the area found a .38 caliber Charte Arms revolver with three spent cartridges under a parked car. An additional live round of ammunition was found near the gun.

Santiago was charged with two counts of possession of a firearm by a person prohibited and one count each of possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony, wearing a disguise during the commission of a felony and first-degree reckless endangering.