ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — The man whose gun fell onto the ground outside of a Rockford school building last week told police that he put it on the windshield and forgot to remove it before driving his daughter to school, court documents said.
According to the probable cause affidavit, a firearm was found on Tuesday around 7:45 a.m. in the middle of the driveway into River Valley Academy, within the city right of way and not on school property, by a parent. The officer got the semi-automatic gun from the parent, ran the serial number and contacted the owner, Jason Stoll.
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Stoll immediately apologized and told the officer on the phone that it must have fallen out of his vehicle when he dropped his daughter off. Court documents said that he was going to come pick it up around 9:30 a.m.
When he arrived at the police station, court documents said that he apologized numerous times. He told the officer that he put the pistol on the windshield near the windshield wipers before leaving his home because he couldn’t bring it to work. Stoll said that he was in a hurry, forgot about it and left to take his daughter to school before going to work.