SOURCE:AFP- An American dog owner was shot by his pet after it jumped on his bed and set off a loaded gun, police said Wednesday.
The man, from Memphis, Tennessee, was asleep beside his female partner when he was shot early Monday morning, escaping with a graze to his left thigh that was treated in hospital.
The dog — a year-old pit bull named Oreo — “got his paw stuck in the trigger guard and ended up hitting the trigger,” a police incident report said.
It did not specify the type of weapon fired, and recorded the incident as “accidental injury”.
While gun violence is prolific in the United States, cases of animals shooting humans are rare.
Two years ago, a German shepherd dog shot and killed a 30-year-old man in Kansas after it stepped on a hunting rifle.
In 2018, a 51-year-old man from Iowa was shot in the leg by his pit bull-Labrador mix.
Local news station Fox 13 Memphis cited the Tennessee victim’s girlfriend, who was not named, as saying she was sleeping when the gun went off.
“The dog is a playful dog, and he likes to jump around and stuff like that, and it just went off,” she reportedly said.
Her lesson from the incident: “Keep the safety on or use a trigger lock.”
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WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS LITTLE ISLAND?? Even the dogs tun criminal.
Anyway, the dog directly do um. Neighbours revealed to me that he sometimes yell at the dog, though they did not know for what. It acted like his paw got stuck as his defence. You have them foold but you can’t fool everyone, and I will not rest until justice has been serves. Wicked bastard.
I wonder if it was a brown pitbull they are the most dangerous kind
Wat dat comment really saying
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It is not in Antigua but the USA. That would have been such a freak accident if the man was killed. Would they have charged the dog🐶 with murder? 😂😂😂
Title: “Paws Off the Trigger: When Man’s Best Friend Becomes a Sharpshooter”
Move over, John Wick—there’s a new sharpshooter in town, and it’s a pit bull named Oreo. In what could easily be mistaken for a plot twist in a dark comedy, this Memphis pup accidentally shot its owner while jumping on the bed. The dog’s paw reportedly got stuck in the trigger guard, proving that even man’s best friend can have a bad day at the “paw-fice.” While the owner escaped with a graze, the incident raises the question: Should we start teaching dogs gun safety too? Until then, perhaps it’s best to keep firearms out of paw’s reach.
Clearly people on ANR reads headlines only and not the article.
Just wonder what charges would be brought against the dog – dog slaughter or attempted murder? Conventional wisdom would suggest that this might be an action of his wife who then turned around and blamed the dog.
Lol, Audley Phillip, the article clearly stated that it was an accident in Memphis. To the first anonymous contributor, reading is fundamental, always.
And if it were Antigua, what would that have to do with crime rate in the country? Stop looking for something to complain about, jack.
Not a reading public
Was that Scooby Doo or Snoop Doggy Dog
People keep dogs because of fear of the public (people and wild animals). I trust video cameras man’s best friend.