The incident's eerily similar to a 2018 accidental shooting in southern New Mexico, where a 74-year-old hunter landed in the hospital when his dog's paw got caught in his rifle's trigger. The man was sitting in the truck and the rifle was in the backseat.

Dogs have previously triggered firearms by stepping on them, often when the weapons are left loaded and unsecured.

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 sustained a gunshot wound when his dog accidentally fired a a gun by jumping on a bed this week in Memphis, police said.

A peculiar accident occurred in Memphis when a dog accidentally shot its owner. This is not the first time a dog has accidentally discharged a firearm. In 2023, in Kansas, a dog shot a man during a hunting trip.

A man in Memphis, Tenn. was laying in his bed when his 1-year-old Pitbull named Oreo shot him in the leg. According toThe Guardian, Jerald Kirkwood told police in Memphis that he and a woman were lying in bed with a firearm when his dog jumped up and inadvertently caused the weapon to discharge.

Every year, thousands of people in the U.S. are injured in accidental shootings. In rare cases, the trigger is pulled by a paw from man’s best friend rather than a human finger.