Chesterton Police captured a man late Friday afternoon after an intensive search following a gun being fired in the 900 block of S. 19th Street.

No one was hurt in the original incident, which occurred around 1:30 p.m.

Police captured the man in the 600 block of Wabash Avenue at about 4:50 p.m., Chesterton Police Chief Tim Richardson said.

It was 40 minutes before the annual Halloween Trick-or-Treat celebration in neighborhoods was going to start.

Police were originally called on the report of a disturbance, where a shot was fired.

The young man who fired the shot was described as a Hispanic, who is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs around 150 pounds. The man was reported to have facial tattoos.

Traffic on S. 19th Street was blocked off on Porter Avenue as multiple units from the Chest

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