A Memphis, Tennessee man was wounded in an extremely unusual accident on Monday, March 10 when his dog jumped into his bed and accidently set off a firearm lying on the covers, police say.
The victim told authorities that he had been lying in bed with a female friend of his in his Whitney Avenue home when his 1-year-old pit bull jumped into the bed at 3:50 a.m. The dog reportedly got it's paw stuck in the trigger guard of a pistol in the bed and accidently pulled the trigger, causing a grazing wound to the victim's left thigh.
When police arrived at the scene, the female friend had already departed, and had taken the firearm with her. A spent shell casing was retrieved at the scene.
The man was transported to a local area hospital for treatment for a non-life threatening injury, police say.