Two people -- a man and a woman -- were in custody after the man apparently opened fire near a busy Downtown intersection this afternoon.

Police said two men who knew each other had a confrontation near Fifth Avenue and Wood Street, and one man began pistol-whipping the other in the face around 3:05 p.m. The second man pulled out his own gun and fired at his assailant.

No one was hit by bullets, although other people were in the area. The shooter and his girlfriend got on a bus, which was stopped by police at Sixth Avenue and Wood.

They were both taken into custody after the man apparently gave his girlfriend his gun.

Police were searching for the other man in the confrontation.

Police blocked off Wood Street between Sixth and Oliver avenues for a time but reopened the street before 3:30 and were trying to get traffic moving through the area. They were examining a shell casing at Fifth Avenue and Wood.