A man arrested shortly after gunshots were fired near Vice President Joe Biden's Delaware home said police officers beat him up.

Fifty-seven-year-old Rock Peters of Hockessin said New Castle County Police officers left him with a swollen nose, rib injuries, cuts on his face and a black eye. Photos that Peters said he took of himself afterward show his face covered with blood and bruises.

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"What this man did to me is absolutely illegal," Peters said.

Peters said he was on his way home that night but the road he needed to get on was closed due to the investigation surrounding the shooting near Biden's home. He was then stopped by an officer. Peters and police have differing accounts regarding what happened after that.

Police documents said Peters did not cooperate and that he almost ran over the officer who made him turn around, prompting more officers to stop him over on Lancaster Pike. Police documents also said Peters fled from an officer near the Biden estate in Wilmington and scuffled with two officers.

Peters claimed he got out of his jeep to meet the officers when one of them told him to reach into his wallet. Peters said one of the officers then punched him in the face.

"The guy cold cocked me," he said.

Police documents said the officers believed Peters had a gun and grabbed his arm. Peters told them not to touch him and backed away, prompting an officer to take him down, according to the documents.

"I was screaming, 'I can't breathe! I can't breathe! I can't breathe!'" Peters said. "The guy had a death chokehold on me!:"

Peters is not charged in the shooting near Biden's home. He faces charges of reckless endangering and resisting arrest. Police have not released a mugshot of Peters and declined to comment on his allegations.

Peters told NBC10 he wishes he had stayed inside his jeep instead of leaving to meet the officers. He also accused the officers of acting violently when they should have remained calm however.

"How about frisking me?!" Peters asked. "How about shaking me down?! How about, 'hands up, let me pat you down. Okay officer, pat me down!'"

No one was hurt in the shooting, and the Bidens weren't there at the time.