Federal prosecutors have charged a man with two hate crimes after he allegedly shot two different Jewish men earlier this week, the Department of Justice announced Friday.

Jaime Tran, 28, is accused of targeting and shooting two Jewish men as they were leaving religious services at two separate synagogues in the same predominantly Jewish neighborhood, US Attorney Martin Estrada said in a news release.

An “exhaustive” search for the suspect was launched after the victims were shot separately in the city’s western Pico-Robertson neighborhood on Wednesday and Thursday, about three blocks apart, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a release.

Tran was taken into federal custody after being arrested by police on Thursday in Riverside County, about an hour’s drive east of Los Angeles, where he previously resided, authorities said. Detectives found several pieces of evidence, they said, including a rifle and handgun, police said.

The suspect allegedly targeted the victims “because they were Jewish or he believed them to be Jewish” and was “motivated by hate,” Estrada said.

CNN has reached out to Tran’s attorney for comment.