At approximately 7:56 p.m. on Sunday, December 8, 2024, deputies with the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office received a call to assist with an incident after several bail bondsmen attempted to recover a fugitive from a residence in Maysville.
Bail bondsmen searched the home at 2656 White Oak River Road as Brian Franklin Fry, 42, of Maysville, was located in a closet inside the residence. After several attempts to take Fry into custody, Fry made his way into a bathroom, where he started a fire, and gunshots could be heard coming from inside the home.
No one was injured as a result of the shots being fired.
Maysville Fire Department, with the assistance of Pollocksville Volunteer Fire Department, Western Carteret Fire and EMS, and Pumpkin Center Volunteer Fire, extinguished the fire. Deputies entered the home and located Fry in a back bedroom closet.
Fry was taken into custody and transported to Onslow Memorial Hospital.
Fry was released and taken to the Onslow County Detention Center under no bond. Fry was originally wanted for failure to appear for court in Onslow County on July 25, 2024, for felony statutory sex offense with a child and felony indecent liberties with a child.
Deputies seized a handgun as the case remains open for investigation with future charges pending.