(La Porte, IN) - Charges have been filed in connection with a gun fired inside a home in La Porte during an argument, as Brandon Butts, 24, has been charged in La Porte Circuit Court with Level 5 felony Criminal Recklessness and Level 6 felony Pointing a Firearm.

According to court documents, on June 7th, Butts and his girlfriend were arguing inside their home in the 300 block of B Street before he had to leave for work. It’s then alleged that Butts pointed a gun at his head before pointing the firearm at her. Butts was emptying the gun when somehow it discharged, sending a bullet into the floor of their upstairs apartment.

Whether the bullet penetrated the floor and went into the lived-in apartment below was not revealed.

Butts is being held in the La Porte County Jail on $15,000 bond.