Man Arrested After Firing Gun in Middletown: Police

Middletown police have arrested a convicted felon who is accused of firing a gunshot during a domestic incident on Wednesday.

Police responded to 17 Wall Street just before 9:30 p.m. after someone called to report hearing a gunshot. As officers looked into the report, a neighbor said Curtis Thigpen, 23, was beating on a family member soon after the shot was heard, police said.

As police continued to investigate, they determined there were outstanding arrest warrants for Thigpen as well as the victim, who has not been publicly identified.

Police believed both people involved were in the home, so they searched and found Thigpen hiding with a gun, police said. He had no permits for the weapon and tests revealed that he’d shot it, police said.

Thigpen has prior convictions, including for first-degree burglary and second-degree assault with a weapon, and there are also arrests warrant for probation violation, police said.

Thigpen denied firing the gun and was uncooperative, police said. When asked about the weapon, he said he “didn’t remember” where he got it, according to the arrest warrant application.

He was charged with carrying a pistol without a permit, unlawful discharge of a weapon, carrying a dangerous weapon, interfering with an officer, breach of peach, criminal possession of a pistol or revolver and reckless endangerment.

Thigpen was held on $500,000 bond and is due in court today.

The victim was nowhere to be found and a family member said there person was OK, but would not provide police with a location, according to police.

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