The gun fired after the dog's paw got stuck in the trigger guard, police said. The victim was relaxing on his bed with a female friend when he was shot.

A man in Memphis, Tenn., called 911 on Monday just before 4 a.m. after telling the dispatcher his dog shot him in the thigh. According to local reports, Jerald Kirkwood, 39, claimed to police he was lying in bed with a female friend when his 1-year-old pit bull,

An American dog owner was accidentally shot by his pet in a freak incident rarely seen involving animals and firearms.Officers responded to a home in Memphis, Tennessee on Whitney Avenue at 3:50 a.m.