Special to Iredell Free News

Two men face weapons charges after Mooresville police officers responded to a report that a resident was concerned about unknown individuals knocking on her door early Monday morning.

The Mooresville Police Department announced the arrests of Charlotte residents Kory De’Shon Stinson, 24, and Bronta Kadarius Crittenden, 22, in a news release. 

About 6 a.m. Monday the MPD received a call regarding unknown suspects knocking on the door of an apartment in the Stonecreek Apartments off Timber Road, police said. The caller reported that she did not know the male subjects and that she was alone in the apartment with her children.

Officers responded to the scene and encountered two subjects matching the description given by the caller sitting in a vehicle in the parking lot in front of the caller’s residence, according to the news release.

As the officers approached the vehicle, they noticed a pistol-grip shotgun inside the vehicle and a handgun laying on the ground next to the vehicle, police said.

Officers removed the driver and secured him as they began an investigation. When the officers attempted to remove the passenger from the vehicle, he fled on foot from the officers, police said.

As the passenger ran, he dropped a handgun, which had been reported stolen and was recovered by pursuing officers, according to the news release.

Additional MPD officers set up a perimeter and utilized a police K9 to conduct a successful track of the suspect, which led to his apprehension, police said.

Both subjects were taken into custody.

Stinson was charged with felony possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and misdemeanor resist, obstruct or delaying an officer. He received a $100,000 secured bond and was placed in the Iredell County Detention Center. His criminal history includes convictions for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, felony conspiracy to commit common law robbery, misdemeanor assault on government official, misdemeanor carrying a concealed gun and misdemeanor unlawful carrying of a weapon in South Carolina.

Crittenden was charged with felony possession of a stolen handgun, misdemeanor carrying a concealed weapon and misdemeanor resisting, obstructing or delaying an officer. He received a $15,000 secured bond and was placed in the Iredell County Detention Center.