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The city attorney in Columbus, Ohio released a video showing a child finding a gun in a couch cushion and firing it “nearly pointed at his face” as a warning to other parents about gun safety.

In the video, two small children are playing inside a house, when one of the children reaches into a couch cushion and pulls out a gun. The gun discharges, nearly striking the child and causing burns and short-term hearing loss, according to a press release from Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein.

After the gun fires, the video shows two adults running into the room. The gun discharges again as a man picks it up from the couch.

That man — Matthew Rivas — pleaded guilty to two counts of negligent storage of a firearm and one count of child endangerment and was sentenced to 10 days in jail, 170 days of jail suspended, a $150 fine and two years of probation.

The gun used in the incident was mandated to be confiscated and destroyed.