A St. Thomas gun dealer is being held on assault charges today after a Sunday night shooting in Estate Bovoni.
Police sources have confirmed that Alphonso A. Wade III was arrested around 11:30 p.m. after a fight over a parked vehicle got out of hand.
Sources say that Wade and an unnamed man got into a physical confrontation after the man moved Wade's vehicle, which was illegally parked. Wade reportedly left the area at or about the same time as the man did, when he is alleged to have fired a shot from his licensed firearm striking a bystander.
Police detectives took Wade into custody on first-degree assault charges in connection with the shooting; bail was set at $75,000.
The unnamed victim suffered a gunshot wound to the right thigh and was hospitalized overnight.
Wade had been the owner of Wade Enterprises, a firearms and ammunition shop in Sugar Estate that went out of business about one year ago.
