Terri Sanginiti

The News Journal

A Wilmington man was arrested Wednesday night in a road rage incident where a verbal altercation resulted in the driver firing a handgun at another motorist with a 6-year-old child in his car, New Castle County police said.

Augustine Flores-Perez, 28, of the 1300 block of Linden St., was charged with two counts of first-degree reckless endangering, carrying a concealed deadly weapon, possession of a deadly weapon during a felony, criminal impersonation and aggravated menacing, said Officer Tracey Duffy.

The incident occurred about 6 p.m. at the intersection of Old Capitol Trail and St. James Road where the 26-year-old victim exchanged words with a motorist stopped in the middle of the road.

When officers arrived to investigate a report of shots fired, they found the car at the intersection of Telegraph Road and Old Capitol Trail and arrested Flores-Perez, who provided a fake name to officers, Duffy said.

Under the passenger seat in the vehicle, officers located a loaded handgun.

Flores-Perez is being held in Young Correctional Institution after failing to post $31,000 cash bail. He was ordered by the court to have no contact with the victims.

Contact Terri Sanginiti at (302) 324-2771 or tsanginiti@delawareonline.com