Falling debris injured a 4-year-old boy on the Lower East Side Friday when his dimwitted father accidentally fired a rifle at their apartment ceiling while cleaning the weapon, cops said.
Luis Gonzalez, 50, was preparing to go hunting when the gun went off in the Vladeck Houses at around 10:40 a.m., cops said.
The slug hit the kitchen ceiling, causing debris to fall on the boy and causing minor injuries, cops said.
Gonzalez had a permit for the gun but was charged with reckless endangerment and assault.