Unalaska, AK – A 22-year-old Russian man could be deported for using a dumpster on the Dutch Harbor spit dock for target practice.

Yuriy Gureev was arrested on January 15 onboard the fishing vessel Heritage, which he had been watching during the off-season, after several fishermen reported almost being hit by low caliber bullets while walking in the spit dock parking lot. Gureev admitted to public safety officers that he had repeatedly shot a .22 caliber rifle at the dumpster in the parking lot, according to Department of Public Safety Sgt. Jennifer Shockley.

"Bullets had gone fairly close to people who were walking on the dock or trying to use the payphones," Shockley said. "We don't have any indication that he was trying to shoot at them, but he was certainly shooting near them."

Gureev was arrested on one count of third degree assault, two counts of reckless endangerment, two counts of fourth degree misconduct involving weapons and one count of fourth degree criminal mischief. Although he has been released on $5,000 bail for those charges, he's still being held at the Public Safety Department detention facility at the request of federal customs and immigration authorities, who are considering deportation, Shockley said.

Local U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers didn't immediately return calls for comment this afternoon. Anchorage public defender Serena Green, who has been assigned to Gureev's case, said today that she was aware there might be immigration actions taken in the case, but that she had yet to receive the paperwork on them.