A report of a man with a gun brought Greencastle Police to Castlebury Apartments Tuesday morning.

About  8:40 AM, the Greencastle Police received a report of a man with a gun near the playground of Castlebury Apartments. While on the way to investigate, the man fired the weapon, before heading into building 1206 of Castlebury.

With the assistance of the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, GPD entered the building and identified the suspect, DeAndre Benjamin, 20, of Greencastle, who was still holding the firearm. He complied with orders to drop the weapon and was arrested without further incident.

Police located several spent rounds of ammunition in the area where witnesses saw the suspect initially.

There were no injuries during this incident and a spokesperson for the GPD stated, “The Greencastle Police Department is pleased that the incident was resolved quickly and without further violence and/or injury.”

Benjamin was transported to the Putnam County Jail and remanded on preliminary charges of Criminal Recklessness with a firearm (level 5 felony), pointing a firearm (level 6 felony), and criminal trespass (A misdemeanor).