A Tennessee man was shot in the leg by his pit bull, Oreo, who accidentally fired a gun while jumping on the bed.
A Tennessee man was shot in the leg by his pit bull, Oreo, who accidentally fired a gun while jumping on the bed.
A Tennessee man was shot in the leg by his pit bull, Oreo, who accidentally fired a gun while jumping on the bed.
Pit Bull Shoots Owner After Jumping on Bed and Firing Gun
Pit Bull Shoots Owner After Jumping on Bed and Firing Gun
Oreo jumped onto the bed and accidentally triggered a gun, grazing Kirkwood’s thigh with a bullet. He told officers that the dog got his paw stuck and hit the trigger by accident.
A woman was also in bed. She left with the gun after the shot. Kirkwood went to the hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening. The noise woke the woman up, and she described Oreo as playful.
Police found a shell casing on the floor in the front room. Officers asked about the gun’s location. Kirkwood stated that the woman took it when she departed.
The woman advised to use the safety or a trigger lock on guns to prevent accidental shootings. Pets have caused shootings before.
A Kansas man died in 2023 after a dog stepped on a rifle on a hunting trip, causing it to fire and kill him. In 2017, an Iowa hunter got hurt when a dog stepped on a shotgun trigger guard.
In 2018, a New Mexico man was shot after his dog got his paw stuck in the rifle trigger, shooting the man in the back and breaking several bones.
Oreo jumped onto the bed and accidentally triggered a gun, grazing Kirkwood’s thigh with a bullet. He told officers that the dog got his paw stuck and hit the trigger by accident.
A woman was also in bed. She left with the gun after the shot. Kirkwood went to the hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening. The noise woke the woman up, and she described Oreo as playful.
Police found a shell casing on the floor in the front room. Officers asked about the gun’s location. Kirkwood stated that the woman took it when she departed.
The woman advised to use the safety or a trigger lock on guns to prevent accidental shootings. Pets have caused shootings before.
A Kansas man died in 2023 after a dog stepped on a rifle on a hunting trip, causing it to fire and kill him. In 2017, an Iowa hunter got hurt when a dog stepped on a shotgun trigger guard.
In 2018, a New Mexico man was shot after his dog got his paw stuck in the rifle trigger, shooting the man in the back and breaking several bones.
Oreo jumped onto the bed and accidentally triggered a gun, grazing Kirkwood’s thigh with a bullet. He told officers that the dog got his paw stuck and hit the trigger by accident.
A woman was also in bed. She left with the gun after the shot. Kirkwood went to the hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening. The noise woke the woman up, and she described Oreo as playful.
Police found a shell casing on the floor in the front room. Officers asked about the gun’s location. Kirkwood stated that the woman took it when she departed.
The woman advised to use the safety or a trigger lock on guns to prevent accidental shootings. Pets have caused shootings before.
A Kansas man died in 2023 after a dog stepped on a rifle on a hunting trip, causing it to fire and kill him. In 2017, an Iowa hunter got hurt when a dog stepped on a shotgun trigger guard.
In 2018, a New Mexico man was shot after his dog got his paw stuck in the rifle trigger, shooting the man in the back and breaking several bones.