Tory Lanez allegedly opened fire on Megan Thee Stallion because he was wasted -- that's what he claimed in a text sent to her shortly after the bloody incident ... as she was still in a hospital bed.

TMZ has seen the text Megan got on the evening of July 12 ... roughly 15 hours after she claims Tory shot her in her feet, and in it, he's begging for forgiveness. He wrote, "I know u prolly never gone talk to me again, but I genuinely want u to know I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart."

His only explanation for the violence ... "I was just too drunk."

In the text, Tory never references "shooting" or a gun, but it is clear he did something he regrets. In his words, "None the less s**t should have never happened and I can't change what did. I just feel horrible."

And, he repeats ... "Cuz I genuinely just got too drunk."

TMZ broke the story ... Tory, Megan and another friend had been party hopping in the Hollywood Hills early on July 12. Police responded to reports of shots fired from or around an SUV.

Since then Megan has publicly called out Tory ... alleging he is the one who pulled the trigger and shot her in her feet, and she even posted some gruesome pics of her injuries.

Tory has not been arrested or charged for the shooting, but as we first reported, the L.A. County D.A. is considering charging him with felony assault with a firearm.

As for Tory and Megan's contact since the shooting ... we're told she's never responded to his "sorry" text.

tmz.com/2020/09/09/megan-thee-stallion-shooting-tory-lanez-text-apology-too-drunk

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At least he didn’t mention the shooting

There’s many layers to this story

KTT Question of the Day:

Have you ever been so drunk you shot a woman's foot because she wouldn't sleep with you?

Inverted Tory

The Antagonist

this gonna be attached to him forever on some bobby brown s***

Being 5’2 will do that to you

Oof

hate when you have one too many and next thing u know you’re letting the piece fly

Sheesh

F*** him.

did meg say it was because she wouldn't sleep with him or are you making that up?

Stupid manlet

but wait why does this nigga's texts sound more like he cheated on her and less like he shot her in the f***in feet

This is genuinely the story that never ends though

Why are they dragging this s*** out for so long, it’s September

Whoops sorry haha didn’t mean to shoot you in both feet u know the henny get me movin different 🤪

Who gon play tory in that BET biopic? My money is on Tony Cox

Nah i made that part up 👁️👄👁️ just answer the question

my bet is on

picturing him with Tory Lanez' chest tattoos is hilarious