OCEAN CITY — An Ocean City man was arrested on assault and weapons charges on Sunday after allegedly firing two shots from a BB-gun into a passing vehicle before fleeing on foot and being captured by his victims.

Around noon on Sunday, Ocean City Police responded to the area of 14^th Street and St. Louis Ave. for a reported weapons violation. When OCPD officers arrived, they found a suspect, later identified as Devin J. Gales, 18, of Ocean City, being detained by two victims. The investigation revealed Gales was in the area of 14^th Street and St. Louis Ave. when he allegedly fired a replica firearm into a passing vehicle.

Gales then fled west toward St. Louis Ave. Two males in the passing vehicle chased Gales and detained him in the area of 14^th Street and St. Louis Ave. before calling police. The replica firearm was located nearby and, despite its close resemblance to a handgun, was later determined to be an airsoft BB gun.

Gales has been charged with possession of a replica gun, discharging an air-gun within city limits, two counts of reckless endangerment and two counts of second-degree assault. Gales was taken before a District Court Commissioner and is currently being held at the Public Safety Building on a $5,000 bond