(JNS) Police apprehended the suspect behind last month’s drive-by shooting of a 68-year-old man at the Young Israel of Greater Miami on Tuesday, Aug. 20, thanks to him visiting the Hallandale Beach Police Department on Monday, Aug. 19 to report that his firearm had been lost from his Chevrolet Impala, which the police searched and matched to the shooting.

Carlints St. Louis, 30, was arrested and charged with attempted felony murder, discharging a weapon from a car and aggravated battery on a person over 65.

St. Louis was denied bond. Police have yet to say if he will be charged with a hate crime, as they have yet to determine a motive for the shooting. 

St. Louis fired six shots at Yosef Lifshutz, with four of them striking his leg. Hatzalah, Jewish the nonprofit emergency medical-service organization, was at the synagogue and assisted Lifshutz, who underwent surgery. The ammunition used to strike Lifshutz was found in the suspect’s car during the police search.