A suspect was arrested in reference to a capturing at a synagogue in San Francisco on Wednesday evening, the San Francisco Police Division mentioned.
That evening, at round 7:20 p.m., a person entered the synagogue throughout a gathering, mentioned one thing and pulled out a firearm. He fired a number of photographs contained in the constructing within the 2600 block of Balboa Road after which left, police mentioned in an announcement. Nobody was injured.
The synagogue reported the capturing the following morning and mentioned that they had been threatened the earlier evening. Bullet casings that police discovered on the synagogue seem like blanks, authorities mentioned.
Police mentioned that a man with the identical description was additionally related to an earlier incident Jan. 31, when a person went to a theater within the 3600 block of Balboa Road and brandished a handgun on the theater’s staff. Police say it could be the identical man who fired a number of rounds on the synagogue.
After investigating, police recognized the suspect and detained him within the Richmond District at round 5 p.m. Friday. Police searched the person’s dwelling and mentioned they discovered proof associated to each episodes.
The person, who was not publicly recognized, was booked into the San Francisco County Jail on suspicion of disturbing a spiritual meeting, brandishing an imitation firearm and inflicting one other particular person to chorus from participating in a spiritual service.
Though an arrest was made, police are persevering with to research the 2 incidents, they mentioned.