Hernan Garduno Hernandez is accused in three separate gel pellet shootings on six victims along University Avenue on the night of Sept. 7. Deputy District Attorney Mei Owen said the attacks, believed to have targeted the LGBTQ+ community,

One of the suspects in a string of pellet gun shootings through Hillcrest earlier this month that authorities were investigating as a hate crime was arrested Wednesday afternoon.

San Diego Police said 19-year-old Hernan Hernandez faces numerous charges stemming from what investigators are calling hate crimes targeting the LGBTQ+ community.

San Diego police are investigating a series of pellet shootings in Hillcrest as hate crimes, with four incidents occurring in the last week, including one around 2 a.m. Sunday.

San Diego police have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with pellet gun attacks in the Hillcrest neighborhood, a hub for members of San Diego's LGBTQ+ community, which prompted a hate-crime investigation.

There were also similar assaults that occurred in the early-morning hours of May 18, mostly targeting gay bars in Hillcrest and North Park. The shootings, also involving a gel-pellet gun, were carried out by one or more occupants of a black late-model sedan.