YULEE, Fla. — A man accused of engaging in an hourslong standoff with police was arrested on charges of aggravated assault and discharging a firearm, according to the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s office said deputies responded to a call reporting shots fired on Branch Creek Drive in Yulee around 7:45 p.m. Sunday. 

Witnesses told deputies that a man identified as Charles Kirkman III, 63, was screaming racial slurs and shooting his firearm into the air.

The sheriff’s office said deputies established a perimeter around Kirkman’s residence and he tried to leave in his vehicle. As deputies approached him, he fled inside.

Investigators on the scene tried contacting Kirkman multiple times over several hours. The sheriff’s office said Kirkman acknowledged that no one else was inside the residence.

Just over six hours later, around 2:19 a.m., investigators gained entry to the residence, using “less lethal force,” the sheriff’s office said.

Kirkman was arrested and taken to the hospital for minor injuries. No other injuries were reported.

Kirkman is being held at the Nassau County Jail and Detention Facility on a $50,000 bond.