Police say man shot pregnant girlfriend

Officers on Thursday arrested a man accused of shooting his pregnant girlfriend during a dispute at her west Little Rock apartment, police said.

Cortez Handley, 21, was taken into custody about 8 p.m. Wednesday, according to an arrest report.

Officers were called to the Fairfield Apartments, 1912 Green Mountain Drive, about 10 p.m. Saturday, a police report states. Amber Davis, 24, told officers she was at her residence after she picked up Handley from work and dropped him off at his mother’s house in the 1000 block of Patton Place.

A short time later, someone dropped Handley off at Davis’ apartment, and the two began arguing. Handley pulled out a handgun and started firing, hitting Davis twice, once in her leg and once in her stomach, the arrest report states. Davis was said to be 21 weeks pregnant.

Authorities said one bullet went through the wall into a neighboring apartment, where two adults and a 5-year-old child were inside, but no one in that unit was hurt.

Handley then went to Davis and began punching her in the face, knocking out a tooth, she told police. A witness added that Handley stomped on her and fired the gun again as he was leaving the apartment, the report said.

The witness drove Davis to the emergency room at Baptist Medical Health Center, where doctors found a bullet in her abdomen, according to police.

Handley is charged with first-degree domestic battery, three counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a certain person, records show. As of Thursday evening, he was being held in lieu of $500,000 bond at the Pulaski County jail, according to the online inmate roster.