Shot By His Own Dog? Man Survives Bizarre Accident With Minor Injury
When Memphis police arrived at the scene, they found the injured man and his dog, but the weapon was missing.
A bizarre case under investigation by Memphis police has left the Internet in disbelief. A man claimed he was shot — and blamed his dog for it. According to WREG, the man told officers that his one-year-old pitbull, Oreo, accidentally “pulled the trigger" while he was lying in bed with a friend. When Memphis police arrived at the scene, they found the injured man and his dog, but the weapon was missing. Fortunately, the man sustained only a non-serious injury.
In his explanation, the man revealed that his friend, who was present during the incident, took the gun afterwards. This raises the key question — how did the dog manage to pull the trigger? According to the victim, Oreo’s paw accidentally got stuck in the trigger guard, causing the gun to discharge. Amid the chaos, the man sustained a non-serious injury to his thigh.
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Following the incident, he was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Speaking about the unusual event, a friend of the victim told the portal that both the man and Oreo were doing fine. “There was a freak incident, and the dog jumped up and caused the gun to discharge," the friend said, adding that the victim is recovering well, and the pitbull is also safe and healthy.
The female friend, who was present when the bizarre incident occurred, spoke to FOX13 about the same and said, “The dog is a playful dog, and he likes to jump around and stuff like that, and it just went off." Further, she revealed that the “gunshot" woke her up.
This isn’t the first time an accidental shooting has made headlines. Such incidents have tragically claimed lives in the past. In one case, 23-year-old Aryan Reddy from Telangana accidentally shot himself during his birthday celebration last year. While cleaning his newly purchased gun at the party, the weapon discharged. The sound of the gunshot startled the guests, who rushed to find Reddy lying in a pool of blood.
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