Fox 13 reported that the man was lying in bed asleep with his girlfriend with a gun in the bed when his pet dog jumped onto the bed. The dog, a one-year-old pit bull named Oreo, allegedly got its paw stuck in the trigger and accidentally set the gun off. The bullet then grazed the man's left thigh.

A man from Memphis, USA was accidentally shot by his own dog while lying in bed with a firearm, local media reported. Jerald Kirkwood told police that his one-year-old pit bull, Oreo, jumped onto the bed and got his paw stuck in the trigger guard of the gun,

A man in Tennessee claims his dog accidentally shot him Monday morning while he lied in bed with his girlfriend, media outlets reported.

A man was shot in the leg while laying in bed with a female friend – and claims his pet dog was the one who pulled the trigger. Jerald Kirkwood, from Memphis, Tennessee, was ‘relaxing/talking’ with an unidentified woman in his bedroom at around 4am on Monday when his dog Oreo decided to jump on the bed.