LEWISTON — Police were back out on Bartlett Street on Thursday afternoon for a report of shots fired in the area of the Italian Bakery.

Several people reported hearing shots shortly after 2 p.m. The owner of the bakery followed the shooter away from the scene and then later was gathering video evidence to aid police.

Police said one person was in custody and that a firearm had been recovered. The suspect was later identified as 22-year-old Nikolas Rancourt, of Turner. He was charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and taken to the Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn.

Lewiston School Superintendent Jake Langlais put out a notice to the school community to say that he was in contact with police and monitoring the situation.

By 3 p.m., police were searching several areas around the scene, including a playground not far from where shots rang out.

The Italian Bakery sent out a notice on Facebook shortly after the shootings to announce that they were closing for the rest of the day.

The Thursday afternoon shooting was just up the street from the Masjidu Salaam mosque, which has been the target of gunfire in the recent past.

Several tenants at a rooming house across the street from the scene said they never heard shots. They only became aware that something had occurred, they said, when police in several cruisers arrived at the scene.

There was no indication that anyone had been struck by gunfire, but the police investigation was ongoing.

The Thursday afternoon shooting follows reports of gunfire the night before a few blocks away on Pierce Street. In that shooting, a man who lives in the area said he heard four loud shots just before 10 p.m.

Moments later, police were on scene searching for shell casings in the area of Pierce and Howard streets.

The same man, on Thursday afternoon, said he heard the shots fired near the bakery “loud and clear.” Again, he said, four shots were fired.

Moments later, police were back out searching for suspects and shell casings. Police said shortly after 3 p.m. that there is no ongoing threat to the public.

This story will be updated.