By Brendan Foster
A Pinjarra man has been charged with a string of offences, including threatening to kill after he fired a gun in Fremantle after an altercation with his sister on Monday night.
Police spokeswoman Ros Weatherall said the 32-year-old man met his sister in a car park of a hostel on Hampton Road.
Police say a sibling feud led to the shooting in Fremantle.Credit: @GraemePowell3, ABC News Perth
"A verbal altercation occurred between the two, before the man allegedly pulled a firearm from under his jumper," she said.
"The victim ran into the premises, during which time the man discharged the firearm a number of times. The woman was not injured during the incident.
Police investigate after hots were fired on Hampton Road in FremantleCredit: @GraemePowell3, ABC News Perth
"He then ran from the area."
A 32-year-old man was arrested an hour later at his residence in Pinjarra by local police and Tactical Response Group officers.
He has been charged with a number of offences including threatening to kill, going armed in a way to cause fear, discharge of a firearm in a manner to cause fear to the public and breach of a violent restraint order.
He was due to appear in Fremantle Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
A 32-year-old man was arrested in relation to the shooting.Credit: @GraemePowell3, ABC News Perth