GILROY – A 40-year-old man was arrested in connection with a shooting in Gilroy earlier this week, police said.
The shooting was reported around 9:15 a.m. Tuesday in a field between Gilman Road and Camino Arroyo, the Gilroy Police Department said in a statement Thursday. The Gilroy man got upset when the victim asked him to leave the property, police said, adding that the suspect pulled out a gun and fired a single round that hit the ground near the victim.
Police said the suspect fled into a nearby creek. Officers later found him hiding in a tent and arrested him. Two guns were also seized during the investigation, police said.The suspect was booked into Santa Clara County jail on charges related to the shooting. As of Thursday, he remained in custody on $500,000 bail, according to jail records.