Man charged with firing gun at neighbor
A Greenacres-area man is being held on $105,000 bond after he allegedly fired a gunshot at a neighbor during an argument, narrowly missing three children who were inside a residence where the bullet struck, according to a police report.
The children, whose ages are not listed on the report, sustained minor cuts on their arms from window fragments blown out by the bullet, the report said.
Andrew Charles Stefan, 33, is facing three counts each of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated child abuse and firing into a dwelling. He has been held in the Palm Beach County Jail since his arrest Feb. 3.
Stefan got into a confrontation Feb. 3 after he accused a neighbor of calling the police on him the previous night, the report said.
Stefan challenged the 31-year-old neighbor to a fight and allegedly took a swing at him. The neighbor swung back, but the report indicates neither man connected with their punches. Stefan followed by allegedly unholstering a handgun from under his shirt and firing one round.
The report blacks out where the incident took place, but shows Stefan lives in the 2100 block of 46th Terrace South, west of Military Trail between Palm Springs and Greenacres.
After he was taken into custody by sheriff ’s deputies, he asked a deputy whether any of the kids had been shot.
Stefan told a deputy that the neighbor had pointed a gun at him the night before, and that he was shooting in self-defense because his life was in jeopardy. But video-camera surveillance did not back Stefan’s claim, according to the report.