FITCHBURG — Police say a 45-year-old year city resident allegedly shot at his neighbors whose double-parked car blocked Wood Street Saturday night, an incident that caused no injuries but led to three arrests.

Michael Wells, of 20 Wood St., was arraigned in District Court Monday on charges of discharging a firearm near a building and assault with a dangerous weapon.

A neighbor called 911 and reported shots fired on Wood Street Saturday just before midnight, said Capt. Steven Giannini.

Officers arrived at the scene and saw neighbors outside on their porches and woman sitting on her front steps crying, according to a police report.

The woman told police there had been an argument. During the conversation a man came outside his Wood Street home and told police he and the woman had just been shot at, according to the report.

The man told police he had parked his car in the road outside a Wood Street home so he could “run” diapers he’d purchased up to an apartment. His car blocked a Honda Civic from passing, according to a police report.

He began to argue with the occupants of the blocked car, later identified as Wells and his wife, 44-year-old Jamilah S. Wright.

The victim told police Wells ran into his 20 Wood St. home, then came back outside and reached for his waistband, according to the report. The victim said he was running to his car when he heard two or three “pops.”

Wells rode away in the Honda Civic police say was driven by Wright, who reversed down Wood Street and fled on Day Street, according to the report.

Police say a large crowd assembled as officers interviewed possible witnesses. The male victim knew Wells by the name “Mike”, and told officers “he was wearing some sort of costume” that included a wig, mask and a bright colored or neon coat, according to the report.

Wells is “very known” to the department, an officer wrote in his report. Earlier this year Wells was given a one-year suspended sentence on a domestic assault and battery charge pressed after police reported he spit, head butted and kicked responding officers, according to court documents.

Police issued a be-on-the-lookout alert for the Honda Civic. About 10 minutes later the car circled back to Wood Street. Officers spotting Wells in the front seat and stopped the car with their guns drawn, according to court documents.

Wells and Wright were taken into custody without incident. Police did not recover a firearm, according to Giannini. An officer reported finding a clown mask and a yellow rain jacket in the back seat of the Civic.

The male victim shied away from speaking with police when members of the crowd that assembled yelled and told him not to cooperate, according to court documents.

Police arrested the “ring leader” of the jeering crowd, Esmil Bautista, 23, of 52 Moran St. in Gardner, who allegedly ignored an officer’s commands to stop calling the witness a “rat” and a “snitch” and shouted obscenities at officers, the report states. After taking Bautista into custody police learned a warrant was outstanding for his arrest.

The crowd that formed on the street was “making the scene unsafe” so an officer took the male victim to the Fitchburg State University Recreation Center.

Police drove Wells and Wright to the recreation center, where the male victim identified Wells as the “suspect” and Wright as the driver of the Honda Civic, according to court documents.

Police allegedly found two spent shell casings on the walkway directly outside Wells’ Wood Street residence.

Bautista was arraigned in District Court Monday on charges of witness intimidation, resisting arrest and violating a municipal ordinance.

District Court Judge Christopher LoConto entered not guilty pleas on behalf of Wells and Bautista. LoConto ordered Wells held without bail until his Thursday dangerousness hearing. He ordered Bautista held without bail until a Wednesday dangerousness hearing.

Wright was arrested for serving as an accessory after a crime, according to Giannini.