FORT PIERCE — A 24-year-old man who wasn’t supposed to have a gun is accused of shooting at a burning vehicle early Sunday, according to a Fort Pierce police arrest report.

Marcos Gonzalez-Salinas, of the 900 block of Citrus Avenue in Fort Pierce, was arrested about 1 a.m. Sunday and charged with firing a weapon in public and two counts of possessing a weapon or ammunition as a felon, according to the report.

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According to the report:

When police officers were on their way to a fully engulfed vehicle in the 1000 block of Nebraska Avenue just before 12:10 a.m., they got reports of shots fired at that location and a man inside the vehicle.

The man who lived at the home with the burning vehicle said he was asleep when he heard something, looked outside and saw what he thought was his lawn on fire.

Soon, Gonzalez-Salinas banged on the man’s front door and told him to get a water hose. When Gonzalez-Salinas thought the man wasn’t going to help him, Gonzalez-Salinas kicked the man’s car, which wasn’t the one on fire.

While the vehicle was still on fire, Gonzalez-Salinas got in it and sped off down the road, around the block and back in front of the home.

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He got out of the burning vehicle, pulled out a firearm from the back and fired one round into the passenger door of the vehicle.

Officers found Gonzalez-Salinas, who appeared to be under the influence of an unknown substance, hiding behind a corner of the home. He was asked to show his hands, directed to get on the ground and taken into custody.

The burning vehicle belonged to Gonzalez-Salinas’ girlfriend, who said it had been overheating ever since she bought it a few days ago. She said she left the vehicle parked at the home because it doesn’t have a tag and it’s not registered.

Firefighters, who extinguished the fire, said the fire started accidentally because no signs of foul play were found, according to the report. The vehicle was destroyed.

Gonzalez-Salinas remained in the St. Lucie County Jail on Tuesday with a $70,000 bail, according to jail records.