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A man who was jailed for his alleged role in the accidental shooting death of a teenager west of downtown Tulsa has been charged with second-degree murder.

Stephen Jastrzemski, 20, of Cleveland, Oklahoma, was charged Thursday in Tulsa County District Court with second-degree murder — during the commission of a felony or, in the alternative, first-degree manslaughter. He also faces a second count of possessing a firearm while under supervision of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.

Jastrzemski has remained booked at the Tulsa County jail since Sept. 10 on $535,000 bond. Earlier that day, he and 17-year-old Kackarott Perkins were reportedly handling a handgun at a home in the 400 block of South 53rd West Avenue when the gun discharged and a bullet struck Perkins in the face.

Perkins was taken to the hospital and died from his injuries six days later.

A criminal filing accuses Jastrzemski of handling the gun while on probation for a second-degree burglary conviction in Pawnee County. The murder charge notes that there was not any premeditated design to effect the death of Perkins.

A court date for Jastrzemski is scheduled on Friday.