Houston teen in custody after shooting his 16 year old girlfriend while playing with a gun

A Houston teenager is in custody after authorities reported him having accidentally shot his girlfriend while playing around with a pistol last week.

Ezra Carter (18 years old) was charged with aggravated assault of a family member after turning himself in on Friday. Around midnight Friday, Carter and his girlfriend were recording and sharing videos of himself playing with a gun when it went off and struck the girl in her side.

After the incident, the girl was transported from her apartment to a hospital at which she was later described as being in stable condition.