Overview
- Police arrested Carlos Portugal Gouvea on Wednesday night after security at Temple Beth Zion reported two shots as Yom Kippur services began.
- He allegedly told officers he was hunting rats; a brief struggle with private guards preceded his arrest outside his nearby residence.
- Prosecutors charged him with illegally discharging a BB/pellet gun, disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, and malicious damage after a car window was found shattered with a pellet inside.
- He pleaded not guilty, was released on personal recognizance, and is due in Brookline District Court for a pretrial hearing on Nov. 6.
- Harvard Law School placed Gouvea on administrative leave pending its review; the synagogue briefly locked down and no injuries were reported.