CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There was a confrontation in a church parking lot in Dilworth with a surprising twist.
Police said someone intentionally tried to drive into a construction worker and even pulled a gun on him.
Off camera, that construction worker told NBC Charlotte the suspect was an ice cream vendor who wanted to be on the property.
It happened outside Covenant Presbyterian Church around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
The worker told us the whole thing started when he tried to close the gate to keep the ice cream vendor out. That’s when he said the suspect intentionally tried to run him over and pulled a gun.
NBC Charlotte obtained an audio recording of the dispatch traffic through broadcastify.com.
“There was a male subject that pulled a gun out on him,” the dispatcher was heard saying on the broadcastify clip. “(He) says they were trying to close the gate to the site and the male ran over the caller with his van.”
The worker was not hurt during the incident. He said the ice cream vendor had been asked to leave the property in the past.
No arrests were made in the case at the time of the incident.