An Evansville man faces multiple charges after police were called to a reported shooting incident involving a boyfriend and girlfriend on Valentine’s Day.

A man called police around 9 p.m. Sunday saying his son had shot his girlfriend in the head.

Officers say before they arrived to the scene in the 700 block of Lincoln Ave., the son fled on foot.

However, police say he was caught a short distance away.

Police tell us they arrested the son, now identified as 27-year-old Justyn Harris, and recovered the gun.

The female victim was sent to Deaconess Hospital.

Police say she was alert and talking before going to surgery.

Harris is facing charges of attempted murder with a firearm, aggravated battery with a firearm, theft of a firearm, and possession of a handgun with an altered serial number.

