San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu has requested a gun restraining order against a man accused of firing blank rounds in a Jewish synagogue in the city’s Richmond District.
If permitted, the gun violence restraining order, also known as a GVRO, would permanently ban 51-year-old Dmitri Mishin from possessing or purchasing firearms.
Mishin was arrested after allegedly entering the Schneerson Center synagogue in the 2600 block of Balboa Street on Feb. 1, saying something and then pulling out a gun and firing blank rounds inside the building.
Investigators also linked Mishin to a gun-related incident that occurred a day before the synagogue shooting at the Balboa Theater, a movie