By Gina Yarbrough
Encinitas, CA–A man was arrested Thursday morning in connection with a shooting that wounded two people at a coffee shop in Encinitas, authorities said.
Jmar Tarafa, 31, was booked into the Vista Detention Facility on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and brandishing a firearm in a threatening manner.
The incident occurred around 8 a.m. at the Ironsmith Coffee Roasters in the 400 block of South Coast Highway 101, San Diego Sheriff’s Department Lieutenant Christopher Lawrence stated in a news release.
According to a report, a man was asked to leave the coffee shop after causing a disturbance. A verbal argument followed in the back alley of the business then turned into a fight. During the altercation, the coffee shop owner produced a gun. It went off during the struggle, and the bullet grazed the coffee shop owner on the back of his neck. A bystander was also hit in the leg with shrapnel.
The man grabbed the gun as the owner ran to the Encinitas Fire Station in the 400 block of Second Street for help. Firefighters encountered the man with the gun and detained him.
The coffee shop owner is not facing any charges. The investigation is ongoing, authorities said.
