Police arrested a St. Croix man allegedly shooting indiscriminately from a parked car laden with drugs and cash late Saturday, according to court records filed Monday.

Officers responded to calls of shots fired in Estate Richmond at 10:22 p.m. People outside the Magician Nightclub said the gunfire had come from a black Acura parked in a poorly lit area of the street. The door was open, and a man appeared to be slumped over in the driver’s seat, according to court records.

As the officers exited their vehicle, the man sat up and began firing into the night. The officers cautiously approached, using a building and parked cars as cover, when the man fired off a third set of bullets. He then closed the car door.

When police got within 10 feet of the Acura, they commanded the man to show his hands. The man, who police said had put a gun in his waistband, ignored the orders and waved off the officers as he walked away, according to court records.

While one officer grabbed the man from the left, another got his right arm and pinned him against a nearby car.

Police said Juan M. Aponte Ramos Jr., 27, had been carrying a Glock handgun — altered to shoot like a machine gun — loaded with several 9mm bullets. Police found seven spent shell casings outside the Acura and another on the car’s floor.

Police found much more in Aponte’s car, according to court records.

On the dashboard, they found $511 in loose cash. In a small fanny pack, police said they found four loaded magazines, one for the Glock and three for a .40 caliber firearm. They also found ammunition for a .233 caliber weapon. In the same pack, they found packets of cocaine and $115 in cash, according to court records.

In another bag, they allegedly found an orange pill bottle full of unknown blue pills individually packaged in plastic bags. Another container held an unknown brown substance, according to court records. Police said they also recovered more than 184 grams of cannabis and $277 in loose cash.

Police processing Aponte at the Wilbur Francis Command allegedly found more drugs and money in his pockets — a bag with nearly a gram of cocaine and $783.75. A records search revealed he was a felon and did not have a license to own a gun.

Aponte was charged with reckless endangerment, aiming or discharging a firearm, being a felon in possession of an unlicensed firearm with an obliterated serial number, possession of ammunition, possession of marijuana and cocaine with intent to distribute, and disobeying a lawful police order.

On Monday, his bail was set at $30,000.

In 2024, Aponte had pleaded guilty to unauthorized possession of ammunition — avoiding weapon possession charges — after allegedly shooting a gun in the air after a minor traffic accident in 2022. He was sentenced to a year of incarceration.