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Man charged after 7-year-old fired gun inside school classroom, will face no jail time

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Anne Arundel County Police have charged a man after a 7-year-old child allegedly got a hold of his gun and brought it to school.

On Wednesday morning the second-grader accidentally shot themselves inside a classroom at Freetown Elementary in Glen Burnie.

Other students were in the classroom at the time, but luckily none were hurt.

A teacher was able to safely secure the gun after it discharged.

Investigators now say the gun belonged to 34-year-old Eashan Stefanski, the live-in partner of the child's mother.

Lawfully, police said they can only issue Stefanski a criminal summons for leaving a loaded firearm accessible to a minor.

The charge comes with no jail time, and a maximum fine of $1000.

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The wounded 7-year-old student was taken to Shock Trauma with non-life threatening injuries.