"Grade Control": Man pointed AK-47 at daughter over grades, complaint says

(CBS) ST. PAUL, Minn. - Kirill Bartashevitch, a 51-year-old St. Paul man, is accused of pointing an AK-47 assault rifle at his daughter after the two argued about her grades in school, CBS Minnesota reports.

Bartashevitch is charged with two felony counts of terroristic threats in connection with the Jan. 13 incident.

According to the complaint, police responded to St. Paul Central High School on Jan. 17 after a report of an assault against a 15-year-old female student. A social worker at the school had received a report from a parent who had been monitoring her son's electronic communications. The communications showed that Bartashevitch had sent the son a message that he had pointed an AK-47 rifle at the girl, CBS Minnesota reports.

The complaint states that the girl and Bartashevitch were arguing at their residence on Jan. 13 about her grades in school - specifically, two B's instead of A's. CBS Minnesota reports he swore at the girl, who then told him she hated him, and he grabbed a recently purchased AK-47 and pointed it at her.

According to the complaint obtained by the station, he bought the rifle because he believed it would soon be banned. The girl's mother jumped between them when he pointed the gun, and the girl was eventually ordered to go to her room by Bartashevitch.

The girl's mother told police that when she intervened, Bartashevitch threw her to the floor and that he pointed the gun at both of them, the complaint states.

The station reports police executed a search warrant at his home on Jan. 24 and found 9mm ammunition and receipts for the purchases of two rifles.