One person in custody following shot fired Thursday night in Woodstock

A suspect is in custody after a report of a shot fired Thursday evening near the historic Woodstock Square, Mayor Michael Turner said.

Erick Gomez-Rubi, 23, of the 1000 block of Joshua Tree, Harvard, is facing what police called “multiple felony charges” after the incident.

Police were called to the 200 block of North Benton Street about 10:42 p.m. Thursday, according to a release from the Woodstock Police Department, for an “altercation between two individuals that involved a firearm.”

A verbal altercation had escalated to the point where one of the individuals, allegedly Gomez-Rubi, pointed a handgun at another. The gunman then fled on foot to a parked car and drove to the intersection of North Benton and East Judd streets, where he reengaged with the same person and fired off a single shot from the handgun, according to the release.

No one was injured by the shot, officials said.

Gomez-Rubi then fled to his home in Harvard, where police there followed the vehicle and watched him run into a house, according to the release.

There, Harvard police, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and members of the McHenry County S.W.A.T. team arrested the suspect and returned him to Woodstock.

It was Gomez-Rubi’s second arrest on weapons charges this week.

According to documents filed at the McHenry County Courthouse, Gomez-Rubi was arrested June 27 in Woodstock, where he was charged with felony counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and possession and possession with intent to deliver 40 to 500 grams of marijuana, as well as misdemeanor charges of aggravated assault on public property and disorderly conduct.

According to the complaint in that incident, he is accused of pointing a handgun at a woman in the 500 block of Central Parkway in Woodstock and saying, “I will kill you, [expletive].”

Gomez-Rubi was released on $1,500 bond June 28 according to court records.

Turner described the incident Wednesday as “a disagreement between two individuals” and added that no one was injured.

Although the incident is “very concerning to us, the [Woodstock Police Department] jumped on it quickly. It was an isolated act of stupidity,” Turner said.

The firearm discharge does not change any events coming up for the Fourth of July, and celebrations will go on as planned, Turner said.

“The police are always vigilant on holiday weekends,” he said.