From Metro Police February 11, 2023
Hermitage Precinct officers arrested Mark Ibrahim, 31, Friday night after he was identified as the suspect who shot at Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox Church on Old Murfreesboro Pike on two separate occasions causing damage to the building.
Surveillance cameras captured at least two rounds being fired at the church on January 28 from the passenger side of a white Jeep Renegade at 3 a.m.
On February 2, at least one round was fired at the church, also from a white Jeep Renegade, this time at 3:15 a.m. A window was struck by the bullet and caused $1,000 in damage.
A member of the church recognized the shooter as Ibrahim, a former member, that has been known to break glass in the parking lot over the last couple of months.
Ibrahim is also being investigated as the possible suspect in similar incidents at a church in LaVergne.
Ibrahim was charged with two counts of felony vandalism. He is currently being held in lieu of $15,000 bond.
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