MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho -- An Air Force sergeant and stepfather of a 5-year-old boy who shot a teenager in February has been convicted of reckless endangerment for leaving a loaded gun within the boy's reach.
The boy was playing with the 9mm semiautomatic pistol in his yard in Mountain Home on Feb. 3 when he accidentally shot a teen who was walking by. The teen was unconscious for two days and underwent two operations.
Staff Sgt. Nathanel Harman of the 366th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was convicted during a June 22 court martial and sentenced to six months of confinement. He also was ordered to forfeit $3,000 in pay over six months.
Air Force attorneys noted the boy had gotten hold of a loaded handgun on top of the refrigerator three days before the shooting.
