San Rafael police have arrested a suspect on allegations he fired a gun at a camp near the Falkirk Cultural Center.
The shooting happened at about 4:30 a.m. July 22 in a parking lot near the center on Mission Avenue, said San Rafael police Sgt. Justin Graham. Investigators allege the suspect tried into get inside the tent of a woman living at the site.
The woman blew a whistle, and someone who had been sleeping in a vehicle nearby turned on the headlights and drove toward the intruder. The attacker allegedly fired a gunshot, although investigators do not know if he was shooting at a person or into the air.
The alleged shooter left in a pickup truck with another occupant. A witness provided police with the license plate number. On Thursday night, an officer spotted the vehicle in traffic at Grand Avenue and Second Street.
Police stopped the truck and booked Eli Weston Harald, 33, of San Rafael on suspicion of willfully discharging a gun, carrying a loaded gun and other counts. The truck contained an unregistered handgun whose caliber appeared to match a bullet casing found where the shooting happened, Graham said.
Harald remained in custody at the Marin County Jail on Friday in lieu of $150,000 bail.