The boy wanted for shooting a security guard Saturday has turned himself in, Roanoke Rapids Police Chief Jeff Hinton said this morning.

Hinton said Deputy Fred Whitaker of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office got word to Andrew Bell, 17, he should turn himself in and convinced the Roanoke Rapids boy to do so. Bell turned himself into the Roanoke Rapids Police Department around 11 last night. “We really appreciate Deputy Whitaker helping us,” Hinton said.

Bell was jailed on $50,000 bond and his court date is scheduled for Dec. 16.

Bell was wanted in the non-fatal shooting of Michael Proctor, a security guard at the former Rosemary mill, who was working when the boy allegedly approached him on an orange bicycle and demanded his money or wallet around 11:30 Saturday night.

Proctor told Bell he had neither and identified himself as a security guard. Bell allegedly shot him in the arm with a small caliber revolver. The shooting occurred in the 13th Street area of the former mill site.

Police got a break in the case Monday when officers from A Squad and the detective division spotted Bell around noon on an orange bike, a gun noticeable in his waistband.

The officers attempted to stop him and Bell fled, allegedly stealing another bike to make his getaway. While Bell got away, officers were able to identify him and obtain warrants for his arrest on charges of attempted robbery, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, flee to elude arrest and larceny of a bicycle.

Proctor, who was treated and released from the hospital, walked to the intersection of Roanoke Avenue and 13th Street to use a cell phone and call for help.