Dog Shoots Wyoming Man After Stepping On Rifle

Police stock. Stock image of police crime scene tape in Salford. Picture date: Tuesday January 21, 2014. Photo credit should read: Dave Thompson/PA Wire URN:18755943

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — Police in northern Wyoming say a rifle discharged after a dog apparently stepped on it, injuring a 46-year-old man.

Johnson County Sheriff Steve Kozisek (KAHS’-eh-sec) says the bullet struck Richard L. Fipps, of Sheridan, in the arm on Monday.

The injury is not life-threatening but Fipps is being treated in a hospital in Billings, Montana.

Kozisek told The Sheridan Press (http://bit.ly/1sMfrgZ ) that Fipps and two others were in a remote area trying to move a vehicle that had become stuck. Fipps was standing beside his truck when he told his dog to move from the front seat to the back seat.

The sheriff says a rifle was on the back seat and it discharged toward Fipps.

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Information from: The Sheridan (Wyo.) Press, http://www.thesheridanpress.com/

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  1. Wow. A “Dog Shoots Man” story!

  2. Something humorous to start the day.

  3. Headline on Fox: BLACK Lab Attacks White Law-Abiding Gun Owner

  4. Right before he shot… < roof! >Get your own fucking stick!< /roof!!>

  5. I guess it was hard to find a stock photo that fit this story exactly.

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