A man from Tennessee says he was shot dead by his dog after the animal’s paw is stuck in the pontet of a pistol, according to the police.
The dog, a Pit-Bull puppy named Oreo, “jumped on the bed and put his paw stuck in the Pontet and ended up hitting the trigger“While the man” relaxed “and” spoke “with a friend in the early morning on Monday, the Memphis police service wrote in a press release obtained by several media.
A ball grazed man At the top of its left thigh, according to the local information station Wreg, citing the police.
The man was transported to the hospital non -critical condition And treated for her injury, while the woman, reports Fox 13, left the house and took the weapon with her.
The police said they had found “an envelope of worn shell on the floor of the front room”.
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“Keep safety or use a trigger lock,” said the woman after the shooting, which the police classified as a accidental injury requiring any action against Oreo or its owner, according to Fox 13.
The Memphis Police Department encourages weapons owners to use firearm locks during the storage of their weapons.
The Ministry of Security and Internal Security of Tennessee urges the owners of firearms to “treat each firearm As if he was loaded“And to store firearms and separately ammunition” so that they are not accessible to children or other unauthorized people. »»
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