A man suspected of shooting a laser at Whidbey General Hospital staff member is wanted on a $10,000 arrest warrant, according to court documents.

Prosecutors charged 45-year-old Bryan T. Smith of Oak Harbor in Island County Superior Court with felony harassment last month.

Coupeville Marshal Rick Norrie investigated the incident that occurred on the night of Dec. 14, 2014.

The hospital security officer reported that Smith and his stepson had been disorderly at the hospital earlier in the night, but returned in a car about an hour later; the stepson got out of the vehicle and started “flipping off” the security officer and yelling, prompting the security officer to lock the doors and ask staff to press their “personal safety devices,” Norrie wrote.

One of the staff members was standing at the glass sliding doors when she noticed a laser light. The red light moved up her chest and toward her head.

“Not knowing if it was a gun or, just a laser pointer, he yelled at her to move and take cover,” Norrie wrote.

The woman ran and hid in fear. She later told Norrie that the laser appeared to have originated from the men’s vehicle.

Smith and his stepson ran up to the locked doors and yelled obscenities. The younger man punched the glass doors several times, the report states.

The security officer reported that it took a deputy with the Island County Sheriff’s Office and a trooper with the State Patrol about 20 to 25 minutes to respond.

While the officers were interviewing a witness, Smith allegedly called the hospital and asked to speak with the security officer. Smith used a racial slur and threatened to kill him and his family, Norrie wrote.

In an interview with Norris, Smith said he became angry because the security guard prevented his daughter from leaving the hospital, but he denied making a threat, the report states.

He also denied using or owning a laser pointer.

If convicted of the charge, Smith could face more than four years in prison under the standard sentencing range.