MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Oh, oh, Oreo. That’s the name of a dog blamed for shooting its owner early Monday morning in Memphis. While the pup may not be facing any charges, it’s certainly in the doghouse.
The owner wouldn’t talk on camera, but he and his girlfriend, who did talk to FOX13 on the condition we not identify them, said they were freaking out. But now it is something they can laugh about.
It was a ruff day for that owner after his pit bull, Oreo, shot him. Police said the man was lying in bed with his girlfriend around 4 a.m. The pair were asleep, with a gun in the bed, when Oreo jumped up and joined them. The dog’s paw got caught in the trigger, and the gun went off, firing off a bullet that grazed the man’s thigh.
“The dog is a playful dog, and he likes to jump around and stuff like that, and it just went off,” the girlfriend told FOX13.
“So, the dog jumped on the bed. Did that wake you up, or did the gunshot wake you up?” asked FOX13’s Dominique Dillion.
“The gunshot,” the girlfriend said while laughing. “Yeah, a combination of the two.”
The couple told FOX13 that they will be paw-sitive to leave the safety on any guns in their home moving forward. It’s an incident that’s yet another reminder of the danger of guns not stored properly.
“Keep the safety on or use a trigger lock,” the girlfriend said.
Police said officers classified this as an accidental injury report. The man who was shot will be okay.
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