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Not actual dog. Or actual gun. Shutterstock/Natalia Svetlichnaya
man's worst friend
A dog has accidentally shot his owner
The incident occurred in Wyoming.
POLICE IN NORTHERN Wyoming in the USA say a rifle discharged after a dog apparently stepped on it, injuring a 46-year-old man.
Johnson County Sheriff Steve Kozisek says the bullet struck Richard L Fipps, of Sheridan, in the arm on Monday.
The injury is not life-threatening but Fipps is being treated in a hospital in Billings, Montana.
Kozisek told The Sheridan Press that Fipps and two others were in a remote area trying to move a vehicle that had become stuck. Fipps was standing beside his truck when he told his dog to move from the front seat to the back seat.
The sheriff says a rifle was on the back seat and it discharged toward Fipps.
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