A man in Memphis, Tenn., called 911 on Monday just before 4 a.m. after telling the dispatcher his dog shot him in the thigh. According to local reports, Jerald Kirkwood, 39, claimed to police he was lying in bed with a female friend when his 1-year-old pit bull,

The gun fired after the dog's paw got stuck in the trigger guard, police said. The victim was relaxing on his bed with a female friend when he was shot.

An American dog owner was shot by his pet after it jumped on his bed and set off a loaded gun, police said Wednesday."The dog is a playful dog, and he likes to jump around and stuff like that, and it just went off,