Man Allegedly Firing 9mm in Woods Arrested by Wyckoff Police

A Hoboken man shooting at trees in a wooded area between two residential Wyckoff streets was arrested Thursday afternoon, according to .

A Russell Avenue resident called police just after 2 p.m. to report noises that she thought were either fireworks or gunshots going off in sizable swath of woodland between Russell Avenue and Lydia Lane near Bergen Christian Testimony Church.

Wyckoff Police Lt. David Murphy and officers Thomas Tully and Ryan Tenney responded and found two men — one with a 9mm Beretta — shooting at trees in the woods, according to police.

Officers arrested Christopher Galdi, and charged the 25-year-old Hoboken man with disorderly conduct and illegal discharge of a firearm within 300 feet of a home. 

His brother, an 18 year old who was in the woods filming Galdi's escapades, was not charged with a crime. 

Wyckoff police said Galdi was in possession of the gun legally. 

The shooter was released in his own recognizance and is scheduled to appear in municipal court.

"It is fortunate that someone nearby is not experiencing a tragic holiday season due to an errant bullet being fired in the immediate vicinity of homes and a church," Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said in a press release Friday.

An investigation is continuing to determine whether Galdi was on property owned by his family or owned by someone else; additional charges may follow that determination, police said.