Police were called to a downtown attorney’s office Monday afternoon after a confrontation that allegedly saw a local private investigator threaten to kill a man.

Police were sent to attorney Jill Gonzalez’s office, across from the Delaware County Justice Center, shortly after 3 p.m. after receiving a report that private investigator Jeff Hinds and another man were chasing a third man down the street.

John Caldwell, 30, Indianapolis, told police he had just walked out of Gonzalez’s office when Hinds and an acquaintance, Jeremy Carver confronted him and chased him down Washington Street.

“(Hinds) said he was going to kill me,” said Caldwell, who was armed with a handgun.

Police arrived and took a statement from Caldwell and others as Hinds and Carver allegedly fled the scene.

Gonzalez said Caldwell, her client, was licensed to carry a handgun and was talking to her about an intimidation charge he faces in Adams County when the confrontation happened outside.

Patrol officer Chris Kesler filed a report on Caldwell’s intimidation complaint. Hinds later gave a statement to police detectives. No immediate arrests were made.

Hinds, 41, was charged in February with bribery after he was accused of facilitating payments to three Muncie men in exchange for their willingness to change their testimony in a criminal case. That case is pending in Delaware Circuit Court 3.

Carver, 30, was arrested in September after authorities reportedly found more than 20 pounds of marijuana in his car. Charges have yet to be filed in that case, according to court records.