CLAREMONT — A 24-year-old man is facing multiple charges after allegedly shooting a teenager who had caught him breaking into vehicles early Sunday.

Jared Strickland, 24, was arraigned in Claremont District Court on Monday on seven felony counts, including first degree assault with a firearm, robbery, theft, receiving stolen property, falsifying physical evidence and criminal mischief.

At 4:45 a.m. on Sunday, Claremont Police responded to Front Street, a residential neighborhood near Route 12, for a report of screaming and possible gunshots heard in the area. Officers found a 17-year-old resident standing outside his home at 32 Front St. with a gunshot wound to his arm, according to a police affidavit.

The teenager, whom the police only identified by his initials, B.P., told police that he was leaving for work when he witnessed Strickland rummaging through his mother’s vehicle. The teen told police he confronted Strickland, which led to a physical altercation in the parking lot. Eventually, they both fell down the embankment that abutted the lot.

As they tussled on the embankment, Strickland allegedly pulled out a .22-caliber revolver and fired two shots, one of which struck the teen in his shoulder area, according to the police.

The teen told police that he managed to wrestle the gun from Strickland’s grasp and throw the weapon further down the embankment. The two then returned to the parking lot and separated, according to the affidavit.

The teen was transported to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, and police on Sunday said said he was in stable but serious condition.

Michelle Bermudez, 59, who lives in the same apartment building as the teen and his mother, said she has known them for many years.

“He’s a really good kid,” Bermudez said in an interview on Monday. “He didn’t deserve that.”

Police allege Strickland broke into several vehicles in the neighborhood the morning of the shooting, including Bermudez’s Toyota Corolla, which had its driver-side window shattered.

“That made me so angry,” Bermudez said. “I had to take a day off work because I can’t drive it. It seems like I’m just stuck right now.”

Police were able to identify Strickland with the help of security camera footage from neighboring properties on Royce Street, which intersects Front Street across from the lot where the altercation occurred.

Angie Christiansen, a Royce Street resident, said that all their cars had been broken into — including her own, her boyfriend’s and her mother’s.

Christiansen, whose cameras allegedly caught footage of crime, said the perpetrator appeared to have broken into her mother’s car just minutes before her mother — who works an early shift at Walmart — left the house to walk her dog.

“I was terrified, just to know that he was out there at the time,” Christiansen said in an interview.

The surveillance footage, along with a physical description, helped investigators identify Strickland, who is also a suspect in other motor vehicle thefts, police said.

A search of Strickland’s apartment on 52 Central Street uncovered clothing and apparel matching the description in the surveillance video, including shoes and a black jacket that was covered with debris.

The police also found two firearms that had been reported stolen on Saturday from a vehicle on West Terrace Street, including a .38 Special and a .357 Magnum. The .22 Strickland is accused of using to shoot the teen and which police recovered from the embankment, was also reported stolen from that vehicle.

Strickland also had physical injuries, including a black eye and bruises and abrasions on his hand, that were consistent with the physical altercation described by the teen.

Strickland also faces felony charges for the alleged theft of a vehicle in December that caused damage totaling almost $14,000. The vehicle, a 2017 Lincoln, was found abandoned by the police and has since been returned to the owner. Strickland also had been free on bail while awaiting a probable cause hearing on four felony drug charges.

Strickland is currently being held in Sullivan County jail. Judge Justin S. Hersh denied his request for bail at Monday’s arraignment.

Patrick Adrian may be reached at padrian@vnews.com or 603-727-3216.