Overview

• Carlos Portugal Gouvea, 43, was charged in Brookline District Court with illegally discharging a BB/pellet gun, disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, and malicious damage of personal property.
• Police report two shots were fired near Temple Beth Zion as Yom Kippur began, security guards confronted the suspect, a brief struggle followed, and he was arrested outside his nearby residence.
• Investigators found a shattered car window with a metal pellet lodged inside, and no injuries were reported.
• Gouvea told officers he was hunting rats, and both police and synagogue leaders said there is no indication the temple was the intended target.
• Harvard Law School placed him on administrative leave; he pleaded not guilty, was released on personal recognizance, and is due back in court on Nov. 6.