The events culminated Monday afternoon around 2:45 when Detective Frankie Griffin, who was outside the Roanoke Rapids Police Department on Roanoke Avenue investigating a wreck, saw a man running toward him.
The man, according to Captain Andy Jackson, was screaming, “He's trying to kill me. He's got a shotgun.”
This coincided with a call the police department received of an armed man on the parking lot of Big Al's.
The victim gave Griffin a description of the vehicle and Lieutenant Bruce Norton spotted it on Oakley Avenue and detained the suspect, identified as Lawrence Rogers Bradley Jr., 28, of Zoo Road. A 12-gage camouflage shotgun was in the car.
Bradley was taken into custody and charged with six counts of aggravated assault, two counts of communicating threats, one count of harassing phone calls, one count of injury to personal property and one count aggressive driving. He was jailed on $100,000 secured bond and has a November 16 court date.
All charges stem from Bradley allegedly following the victim down Tenth Street, twice bumping the victim's car and pointing a shotgun at him. The victim was apparently trying to get to the police station but the chase ended in the parking lot of Big Al's where the victim then fled to the police station. The vehicle had noticeable damage on it.
This all stemmed, Jackson said, from Bradley being jealous that the victim was dating his former girlfriend.
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