A Sunbury man is facing charges after police say he shot another man in the face after thinking the firearm was unloaded.

Brandyn James Browne, 21, faces charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, and terroristic threats.

Officers were dispatched at 10:13 p.m. Thursday to a residence in the first block of South Eleventh Street for a report of a gunshot victim.

Officers arrived to find 23-year-old Robert Crews and Browne in the apartment. Crews had an entrance wound to the right side of his face, and an exit wound below his left ear, according to police.

Browne told officers he picked up a .380 handgun, pulled the slide, pointed it at Crews, and pulled the trigger and fired the weapon, according to police. Browne told police he thought the weapon was unloaded.

Crews was transported to Geisinger Medical Center for treatment.