Police have arrested a man who is accused of shooting at responding officers during a domestic incident in Waterbury on Friday night.
Officers responded to Albion Street around 8:18 p.m. after getting a report of a 911 hang-up that was later determined to be an active domestic incident.
As officers arrived to the area, they said they heard a loud argument between a male and a female. Investigators also learned the man had a gun and was threatening to kill the female.
As police entered the home, authorities said the male, later identified as 31-year-old Jermale Foster, attempted to stop officers from coming inside.
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During the fight with officers, police said Foster pulled out a gun and fired one round towards one of the officers as he was attempting to flee from the home. The round missed the officer and hit a wall inside of the home.
After the shooting, police said Foster continued to brandish the gun and resisted attempts to disarm him. A while later, officers were able to safely disarm the gun from Foster and investigators said they found a second loaded gun inside of his pant pocket.
The 30-year-old female involved in the domestic incident had minor injuries from a physical fight with Foster just before police arrived. Multiple officers and Foster were also treated for minor injuries that happened during the attempts to disarm Foster from his gun.
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According to investigators, the gun Foster fired was a 40-caliber gun that contained 12 live rounds of ammunition in an illegal high-capacity magazine that could hold 14 rounds. The second gun was a .380 with one live round in the chamber and six live rounds in the magazine.
Also at the scene, police said they found an additional illegal high-capacity magazine and Foster was in possession of 4.9 grams of cocaine that was packaged for street-level sale.
Foster is facing charges including interfering with a 911 call, assault, threatening, breach of peace, criminal possession of a gun, altering or removing identification marks to a gun, illegal transfer-sale-delivery of a gun, illegal possession of a large capacity magazine, interfering with police and possession of narcotics. He is being held on a $1.5 million bond and is due in court on Tuesday.
Authorities said Foster is a convicted felon for carrying a pistol without a permit on Dec. 27, 2017. He is prohibited from possessing any guns or ammunition.
