Police say the man suffered a gunshot wound when a dog accidentally fired an AA gun while jumping to bed in Memphis this week.
According to WMC, Memphis Police Department responded to a Fraser-area home just before 4am Monday.
The man told officers he was lying in bed with a friend when the dog jumped into bed and his leg was locked up by a gun trigger guard, police told WMC. The pet hit the trigger, the gun disappeared and the man was grazing on his left thigh, police said.
The dog was a pit bull puppy named Oreo, reported WMC, citing the victim’s family.
The man’s friend left the house after he took the gun with her when the gun came off and she left, the man told police.
The victim was taken to hospital in a non-critical state. The shell casing was also found in the vestibule floor.
Tennessee does not have a state law that requires firearm owners to lock or store weapons in any particular way. However, Memphis police are encouraging people to keep their guns locked in their homes and offering free gun locks in the precincts.
