A 20-year-old Little Rock man was arrested after he accidentally fired a round through his hand and into the head of his pregnant girlfriend Monday afternoon, police said.
Antonio Hampton and his 21-year-old girlfriend, Aaliyah Castillio, were at a home in the 4200 block of West 19th Street around 3 p.m., according to a police report.
Hampton reportedly moved the gun, and it went off. A bullet bored through the 20-year-old's left hand and struck Castillio, who is seven weeks pregnant, in the head, police said.
Hampton repeatedly told police that "it was an accident" and that "the gun just went off."
Neither victim's injuries were life-threatening, a police spokesman said at the scene of the shooting.
Castillio was transported to the intensive care unit at UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock for treatment. She was listed as being in stable condition and was set to undergo surgery at the time of the report.
Hampton was taken to CHI St. Vincent Infirmary for medical attention and arrested after his release on charges of second-degree domestic battery and two counts of theft by receiving, all felonies.
The gun was listed as stolen, and Hampton had an outstanding warrant, the report said.
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Hampton is being held at the Pulaski County jail in lieu of a $10,000 bond, records show.
A court date is scheduled for Monday.
