A Castaic man is facing charges of attempted murder and assault with a firearm after police arrested him following an incident in Van Nuys.
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Bishoy Fahmy, 27, was charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of assault with a firearm and two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Los Angeles Police Department officers arrested him in February.
This is not Fahmy’s first brush with the law. In July 2012, scvnews.com reported he was arrested on suspicion of two felony counts: assault with a deadly weapon and illegal possession of an assault weapon.
Fahmy allegedly brandished a loaded AK-47 at a woman who parked in front of his residence on Castaic Oak Lane. The woman and her husband then retreated into their nearby home and called the police.
Get live news updates about Santa Clarita by following KHTS on Facebook and KHTS on TwitterTwo years later, in 2014, the L.A. Times reported an investigation into two Irvine burglaries that also led authorities to Fahmy. When witnesses heard glass breaking, they saw a man emerge from the home and enter a nearby vehicle. The witnesses took down the vehicle’s plates and called the authorities.
Fahmy was arrested after leaving a Los Angeles County pawn shop, and investigators were able to recover jewelry, as well as other valuables that were believed to have been taken from homes.
Upon searching Fahmy’s residence, two loaded firearms were recovered, despite Fahmy still being on probation from his 2012 weapons charge.
He will return to the courtroom August 14 for the setting of his preliminary hearing.
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