GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Grand Rapids man faces a felony charge after after investigators say a 2-year-old boy shot himself in the hand with his father’s gun.

A charge of safe storage violation with a minor present causing injury was issued against Nakobi Thomas, Prosecutor Chris Becker told News 8 Tuesday. It’s a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.

The Grand Rapids Police Department said the 2-year-old got to a parent’s gun Saturday morning in an apartment on Prospect Avenue NE near Crescent Street. Court records show the toddler was brought to a nearby hospital with a gunshot wound to the hand. Hospital workers called the police.

The boy’s mother told investigators that she left her son in the master bedroom briefly before she heard a gunshot. Thomas, the document says, said he was in a different room when he heard the gunshot and came running. By that time, the boy’s mother was holding him. The mother took the boy to the hospital.

“(Thomas) said the firearm (the child) used to shoot himself was his personal firearm that he used every day for conceal carry,” the court document reads in part. “(Thomas) stated he was unsure how (the child) was able to gain access to the firearm and noted that it should have been locked up high away from him however it was not.”

Thomas said he generally kept his guns in a lock box in the kitchen but was “unable to say” where he had left the gun, the document continues.

According to the documents, the boy’s mother told police that Thomas had changed after getting home from work earlier and left his clothes in the bedroom closet.

“(The child’s mother) stated she did not know the firearm was in or near the closet of their bedroom,” the document reads in part. “(She) stated (Thomas) does usually lock up his firearms in a safe area…”

The child’s mother told News 8 on Wednesday that Thomas was keeping the gun out because he was worried about recent threats from someone they know.

The gun with which the child shot himself, a 9 mm handgun, and the bullet casing were found in Thomas’ car. Police say they seized other guns from the home, including one that was fully loaded and was found behind a violin case in the kitchen.

Michigan’s safe storage law took effect in February, requiring gun owners to keep firearms in a locked storage box or container when it is “reasonably known that a minor is or is likely to be present on the premises.”

The prosecutor also noted Thomas faces unrelated drug charges. He was booked into the county jail Saturday and later released on bond.