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.

An American dog owner was shot by his pet after it jumped on his bed and set off a loaded gun, police said Wednesday."The dog is a playful dog, and he likes to jump around and stuff like that, and it just went off,

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.