Man arrested for shooting at Chicago-area mosque with pellet rifle as hundreds worship inside || NY Daily News

A 51-year-old man has been arrested for shooting at a Chicago-area mosque with a pellet rifle Friday, as hundreds prayed inside, authorities said.

David Conrad faces felony charges of aggravated discharge of a firearm and criminal damage to property after he allegedly took multiple shots at an outer wall of the Muslim Education Center mosque in Morton Grove, Ill., NBC 5 reported.

Police later seized a “high-velocity air rifle” at Conrad’s home, which is located just next to the mosque’s parking lot.

Nearly 500 worshippers were in the mosque at the time of the shooting celebrating the holy month of Ramadan.

“This last week of Ramadan is the holiest week of the year for Muslims, and the shots were fired at 8:30, a little after sunset, the busiest time of the day when Muslims come to the mosque to break their long day fast and pray together,” MEC President Dr. Mohammad Aleemuddin said in a statement released by the Chicago Council on American-Islamic Relations.