Overview

• Carlos Portugal Gouvêa was arrested Oct. 1 after shots from a pellet rifle prompted a brief lockdown at Temple Beth Zion as Yom Kippur services began in Brookline, Massachusetts.
• He faces charges of illegally discharging a pellet gun, disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, and damage to personal property after a nearby car window was shattered.
• Gouvêa told police he was hunting rats, and his attorney described the episode as a total misunderstanding of an entirely innocent situation.
• Harvard Law School placed the visiting professor on administrative leave while the school reviews the incident.
• He entered a not-guilty plea and is due back in Brookline District Court in early November, with police and synagogue statements indicating no bias charges were warranted.