A Pasco County man is behind bars after shooting a young boy with an airsoft gun as punishment.
Thirty-six-year-old Mark Cox was arrested Sunday and charged with child abuse.
Officials with the Pasco County Sheriff's Office say a witness told deputies Cox shot the 4-year-old child with plastic pellets because he wouldn't sit down.
The sheriff's office says the pellets left marks on the boy's neck, but the injuries weren't considered serious.
Deputies say Cox admitted to pulling the trigger but said he thought the gun was broken.
Cox was being held on $5,000 bail.