A dog owner in Tennessee claims he was shot in the leg by his pet while lying in bed with a female companion, according to a ...

The man, from Memphis, Tennessee, was asleep beside his female partner when he was shot The dog -- a year-old pit bull named ...

The dog’s paw got stuck in the gun’s trigger guard and ended up hitting the trigger, according to police. When the gun went off, the victim was grazed by a bullet in his upper left thigh.

The dog — a year-old pit bull named Oreo — “got his paw stuck in the trigger guard and ended up hitting the trigger,” a police incident report said. It did not specify the type of weapon ...