Bucks Man Faces Charges For Accidentally Firing Gun Inside Condo

WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA — A 49-year-old Bucks County man faces multiple charges for the accidental discharge of a gun inside his Warrington home Monday night.

The incident happened just before 10 p.m. on Tuesday at a condominium in the 400 block of Redbud Court.

When police arrived, they met with residents from a ground floor condominium who said an object that appeared to be a bullet burst through the ceiling of their living room, ricocheted off the kitchen floor and lodged into a kitchen wall.

One of the residents told police that he was just steps away from the object as he stood in the kitchen.

According to charging documents, police observed the damage and recovered what appeared to be a bullet which the homeowners had taken from the wall. Police then headed to the upstairs condominium to talk with the occupants.

According to charging documents, second floor condominium owner Scott Zielinski told police he was cleaning a firearm in his living room when it accidentally discharged. After it had fired, he told police that he placed the firearm on a shelf in the closet.

According to documents, Zielinski appeared intoxicated as he spoke with police.

When questioned, police said Zielinski said he did not report the discharge of the firearm and never notified his first floor neighbors of the incident, documents said.

Zielinski was arrested and charged with a felony count of discharging a firearm in an occupied building and two misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person. He was preliminarily arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Regina Armitage on Sept. 2. Bail was at $25,000, 10 percent, which Zielinski posted.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled before District Judge Stacy Wertman on Sept. 30.