A 32-year-old man is accused of firing gunshots at a stranger who was driving away from an apartment complex in Waterbury on Wednesday night.
Officers responded to the 900 block of Meriden Road around 6 p.m. and found a vehicle with bullet holes.
The driver was the only person who had been in the vehicle and was not hurt, police said.
Investigators found the suspect, who lives in the complex, around 2 a.m. Thursday, took him into custody and recovered a gun, according to police.
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Investigators said there was some sort of encounter in the parking lot before the shots were fired and called it an isolated incident.
The suspect was charged with illegal discharge of a firearm, reckless endangerment in the first degree, illegal transfer/sale of a firearm, criminal possession of a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit, criminal attempt at assault in the first degree with a firearm and interfering with a search warrant.
Police said he is on probation, doesn’t have a Connecticut gun permit and is prohibited from possessing any firearms because of an unrelated conviction for assault in the third degree.
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He was held on $2.5 million bond.
