Woman Is Shot Near Courthouse : Violence: Man is held in attack on ex-wife moments after she won custody of children. Officials call for more security.

Mirroring a recent fatal attack at a Los Angeles courthouse, a man shot and wounded his ex-wife outside the Superior Court building in Pomona on Thursday after a child custody hearing, police said.

Sheila Walder, 32, of Anaheim was shot in the thigh and arm by her former husband, Hubert Johnson, moments after she obtained custody of their two children, authorities said. She was treated and released from Pomona Valley Medical Center, police said.

Although the Pomona courthouse has a metal detector and the shooting occurred outside the building on 7th Street, authorities said it demonstrates the need for more security in and around the county’s courthouses.

“The metal detector forced him outside and probably saved bloodshed in the courthouse,” said Police Lt. Louie Hernandez.

Police said the attack was similar to a shooting at the Civil Courthouse in Downtown Los Angeles on Friday, when Eileen Zelig was shot to death in the hallway, allegedly by her ex-husband, Dr. Harry Zelig, after a hearing. Zelig faces murder charges.

The Downtown courthouse is not equipped with metal detectors.

Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Gary Klausner said the shootings “are indicative of the absolute need for an adequate security plan for all our courthouses.”

Johnson, 35, was surrounded by plainclothes officers immediately after the 10 a.m. shooting on the south side of the courthouse, Hernandez said. A .25-caliber pistol was recovered at the scene, police said.

Johnson was booked on suspicion of attempted murder and was being held on $500,000 bail, Hernandez said.

Walder’s current husband, Clarence Walder, 36, was with her at the time but was not harmed, Hernandez said.

An apparently angry Johnson left the custody hearing ahead of the Walders, witnesses said. According to authorities, he went to his car, got a handgun and waited for them.

Pomona officials said two handguns have been confiscated since the detector was installed Aug. 28. “[The weapons detector] may have averted the shooting from taking place inside the facility, where more lives might have been endangered,” said Pomona Superior Court Supervising Judge Robert A. Dukes.