PASADENA, Md. — 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 Pasadena.
Other students were in the classroom at the time, but luckily none were hurt.
Man charged after 7-year-old fired gun inside school classroom, will face no jail time
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 boyfriend of the child's mother.
Lawfully, police said they could 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 $1,000.
WMAR-2 News has since learned Stefanski is assigned to the U.S. Army Baltimore Recruiting Battalion where he has been suspended from duty, according to Madison Bonzo, a U.S. Army Recruiting Division spokesperson.
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The wounded 7-year-old student was taken to Shock Trauma with non-life threatening injuries.
