EVANSVILLE, Ind. — An Evansville man faces felony child neglect charges after his toddler son found a gun and shot through the floor of their apartment.

James Uhde, 20, was released from jail Thursday after posting $500 cash bond. As part of his probation, Uhde was banned from possessing any firearms.

No one was hurt in the gunfire, according to Evansville Police. Uhde was charged this week, but police believe the toddler grabbed the gun and fired it in April.

Uhde reportedly told police he sometimes sleeps with his gun under his pillow. The night before his 2-year-old son found his gun, Uhde and his wife were sleeping on the living room floor with the boy and their 4-month-old daughter after a family movie night.

The gun was under his pillow in the living room when Uhde got up the next morning to make breakfast for the children. The children’s mother told police the baby and the 2-year-old were in the living room playing while an adult roommate slept in their recliner.

The parents heard a gunshot and found the toddler boy standing next to a shell casing and the gun. The boy’s mother reported finding a red mark on the 2-year-old’s chest.

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Uhde allegedly threw the shell casing away and took the gun to his car. The child’s mother told Evansville Police she made him keep the gun in the car for a few days before deciding to pawn the gun. Police say they found the gun at the pawn shop and took it as evidence.

While Investigators believe the child fired the gun in April, police were not informed until June, when staff at the apartment complex reported the gunfire. One resident had told staff she heard a loud sound in April but did not know it was a gunshot until June, when she heard the child’s mother talking about her 2-year-old son finding his father’s gun and firing it. A staff maintenance worker contacted Uhde and found a hole through the carpet and the subfloor, eventually finding the bullet in the basement of the building.

Uhde was charged Monday with two counts of child neglect as a level 6 felony. He was arrested the next day. His next hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Sept. 11 in Vanderburgh Circuit Court.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends not keeping any guns in homes with children.

"The most effective way to prevent unintentional gun injuries, suicide and homicide to children and adolescents, research shows, is the absence of guns from homes and communities," the organization's website states.

For parents who do keep firearms in their home, the AAP has these safety tips: