Lance Martin/Herald Senior Staff Writer

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ROANOKE RAPIDS - A New Jersey man who was shot in the leg after he allegedly beat another man with a gun Friday was jailed on $50,000 bond, according to the Roanoke Rapids Police Department.

Howard Boone III, of Trenton, N.J., went to the 1800 block of Powell Street Friday around 6:44 p.m., and broke into a house where Travis Price was staying, Police Chief Greg Lawson said this morning.

Boone allegedly assaulted Price by hitting him with a gun, Lawson said. Outside the house the men exchanged gunfire and Boone was struck in the leg. He was taken to Halifax Regional Medical Center where he was treated and released. He was then placed in the Halifax County Jail and charged with first-degree burglary, assault by pointing a gun and communicating threats.

Price was charged with delay and obstruction and an alcohol violation.

Lawson said Price was the intended target of the crime but the motive remains unclear.

The police department also reported the following:

€ A man at 505 Waldo St., the police had warrants on for obtaining property by false pretenses was found dead by family Saturday. The man apparently took his own life. There is nothing to indicate it was due to the warrants.

€ Christopher Hanes of Lucama and Timothy Hux of Roanoke Rapids reported they were approached by two black males around 1:15 p.m. Sunday at 251 Premier Blvd. A verbal confrontation ensued and the two suspects demanded money from Hanes and Hux. They refused. The manager of the McDonald's at Wal-Mart asked the men to leave and Hanes and Hux went to a local motel to call police.