A man was lightly wounded on Wednesday night when he was shot in front of a Bank Hapoalim branch on King George Street in central Jerusalem.
After searching the area, police officers from the Jerusalem District found and arrested a suspect on nearby Jaffa Street. Later in the day, he will be brought before a judge.
The suspect, a Jerusalem resident in his 20s, has a license to carry a firearm. While searching his house, police found and seized substances suspected to be drugs.
The victim is a minority who works for the Jerusalem Municipality as a sanitation worker. The suspect claimed to officers upon his arrest that he prevented a terror attack.