Dog Shoots Woman at Convenience Store
The woman was hit in the arm and her injuries were not life-threatening, police said, after a loaded shotgun fired in a parked truck.
- On Saturday, the Scottsbluff Police Department responded to a Short Stop convenience store in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, after a dog accidentally triggered a loaded shotgun inside a truck, injuring a woman.
- Investigators determined the black Labrador moved across the vehicle's backseat, hitting the weapon's trigger and firing a round through the passenger door panel.
- Initially reported as a BB gun incident, the blast struck a woman in the upper-right arm while stopped at a nearby traffic light; she received treatment at a local hospital.
- Nebraska law prohibits transporting a loaded shotgun in a vehicle, a Class III misdemeanor carrying a minimum fine of $50, Scottsbluff Police reminded the public.
- Similar incidents have happened before, such as in Pennsylvania last year, where local police reported a man was shot when his pet "jumped onto the bed and set the gun off.
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Dog shoots woman at convenience store
Police are investigating an odd shooting. A dog is accused of pulling the trigger, injuring a woman.
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