Jenna Pizzi

The News Journal

A 16-year-old turned himself into New Castle County Police Friday morning, hours after he led police on a foot pursuit, police said Saturday.

Officers responded to the unit block of S. Cannon Drive in Edgemoor where someone had reported a person with a gun, said police spokesman Cpl, Tom Jackson. When responding to the call Officer E. Christopher saw a person matching the description given to dispatchers and approached the man telling him to stop and show his hands, Jackson said. The individual fled on foot leading police through alleyways behind homes on Rodney Drive, police said. During their search for the suspect, officers located a handgun and clothing the suspect appeared to have shed while fleeing police, Jackson said.

Christopher, who has been working in the area for more than two years, recognized the suspect as a 16-year-old from the community and began investigating the teen's whereabouts.

The 16-year-old turned himself in late Friday morning at the New Castle County Police Headquarters and was charged with carrying a concealed deadly weapon, possession of a weapon by a juvenile and resisting arrest, Jackson said. He was arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court 11 and issued a $21,000 bail and remains at the New Castle County Detention Center, Jackson said.