GREAT FALLS, Mont. – Scott Allyn Jackson and Caitlyn Faith Hansen have each been charged after Jackson allegedly discharged a gun through the floor of their residence on Sunday morning.
Court documents state that a man in a downstairs apartment on the 400 block of 8th Avenue South told police that he heard a gunshot, and a bullet came through his ceiling into his apartment. The bullet hit the floor two feet away from where the man sleeps.
Officers contacted Jackson and Hansen; Jackson told police that he had been cleaning his pistol when it “went off” accidentally. Jackon said that the bullet entered the floor about three inches away from Hansen, who was sleeping at the time.
Police found two loaded firearms in Jackson and Hansen’s residence, and court documents state that the firearms were “readily accessible” to the couple’s 20-month old daughter, noting that she is “very active running around the house.”
The charging documents note that there was a AR-15 with a fully-loaded magazine, with the safety off, in the “fire” position, laying on the floor in the closet next to the bed. There was also a Glock 10mm pistol with a loaded magazine on the bed underneath a blanket.
Jackson and Hansen said they knew their firearms were stored in an unsafe manner.
Jackson also claimed ownership of “multiple bongs and glass pipes” in the residence.
Hansen is charged with one felony count of criminal endangerment.
Jackson is charged with one felony count of criminal endangerment, and the following misdemeanors: two counts of negligent endangerment, and one count of criminal possession of dangerous drugs.
