UPDATED: California Synagogue Bombing Suspect Appeared to be 'Innocent Old Soul'

Updated 4:45 p.m. Tuesday: 

The Cleveland Heights Police Department released more information this afternoon about the arrest of California synagogue bombing suspect Ron Hirsch. 

Cleveland Heights Police responded to a call at 6:49 p.m. Monday about a "suspicious male" from the Agudath Israel, Kollel Torah L.I.F.E. building on South Taylor Road, according to the press release.

Officers identified Hirsch as the man linked to the blast in Santa Monica, arrested him and police held him in Cleveland Heights Jail until 3 p.m., when the FBI took over. 

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Ron Hirsch appeared to be an "innocent old soul," said one man who saw him arrested Monday night by Cleveland Heights Police and the FBI. 

The suspect in the California synagogue bombing on Thursday was arrested  around 6 p.m Monday at the Agudath Israel, Kollel Torah L.I.F.E. building at 1861 South Taylor Rd., said Jerry Elliot, a Cleveland Heights resident who witnessed the arrest. 

Elliot thought Hirsch was just studying there, as everyone else was, and the only indication that he was not a regular member was the fact he was wearing "beach clothes," not a suit like most who attend the kollel, an Orthodox Jewish study center for all ages.

He was arrested outside behind the building, he said, and did not put up a fight. Elliot said it was, "nothing exciting" and did not believe that Hirsch had "evil intentions." 

Authorities have been pursuing Hirsch since Friday, when they announced he had been linked to Thursday's explosion. No one was injured in the incident, and the motive behind it is still unclear.

Apparently Hirsch arrived Sunday, Elliot said, and the Jewish community put him up at a hotel in Beachwood. Normally, those passing through stay at a house on Bendemeer Road in Cleveland Heights, but it must have been full, Elliot said. He came back to the kollel Monday. 

"When somebody's coming through town, and they need a place to stay just for a night or two … the community will put them up," Elliot said. 

Someone at the kollel became suspicious and called in to report Hirsch to police. 

Hirsch is being held at the Cleveland Heights Police Department, said FBI spokesperson Scott Wilson.

"He’s still in custody over at the Cleveland Heights Police Department, and investigators from California have come in to further their investigation, other than that, that’s where we stand," Wilson said. 

Hirsch, aka Israel Fisher, has been linked to the blast at the Chabad House Lubavitch of Santa Monica, Santa Monica Patch reported. 

"The individual in custody was arrested following a call to law enforcement by a concerned citizen who had come into contact with (the) man believed to be Hirsch," said FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller in an email Monday. 

Hirsch, 60, bought a Greyhound bus ticket under the name J. Fisher, one of his aliases, which was scheduled to arrive in New York on Sunday. The bus was due to make 10 stops between Los Angeles and New York. 

Additional details will be provided as soon as they develop.  for details about the bombing.