Overview
- Anne Arundel County police served a criminal summons to 34-year-old Eashan John Stefanski for leaving a loaded firearm accessible to a minor.
- The second-grader brought a handgun to Freetown Elementary in Glen Burnie on Feb. 4, where it discharged around 8:30 a.m. and injured his hand.
- A teacher immediately secured the weapon and provided aid, and no other students were hurt as classes were dismissed early with crisis support arranged.
- Investigators searched the child’s Pasadena residence, seized multiple firearms, and cited storage concerns, with charging documents identifying a missing Glock 27 linked to the incident.
- Charging documents describe the bullet striking the student’s finger before ricocheting into classroom furniture, and they note nine students present, differing from earlier reports of 15.