HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Police investigated a shooting in Homestead Tuesday afternoon that left a woman seriously hurt.
It happened at around 2 p.m. at a home in the 500 block of Northeast 20th Avenue.
Authorities have since arrested 22-year-old Jaydin Bapp.
According to police, Bapp told investigators he was playing with a gun and pointing it at the victim, who is his girlfriend, when the gun went off, striking her in the torso.
The victim was airlifted to Jackson South Medical Center’s Ryder Trauma Center. She was listed in serious but stable condition, police said.
A Homestead police spokesperson said the victim was visiting Bapp at the time, and said Bapp cooperated with investigators. The two were the only people inside the home at the time.
Police arrested Bapp on an attempted manslaughter charge.
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