His own dog has shot a Florida man in
the leg, police said.
Gregory Lanier, 35, told officers he was driving down the
motorway when his dog kicked what he thought was an unloaded handgun sitting on
the raised floor section between the passenger and driver's seat of his pickup
truck.
But Mr Lanier soon discovered the 9mm Beretta had at least one
bullet inside as it discharged and struck him in the left calf.
Mr Lanier told police he "heard a boom, saw smoke and felt
a burning in his leg" as the bullet entered and then exited his leg and
struck the door panel.
The wounded man pulled his Ford F250 into a nearby petrol
station, where the store clerk - a friend of Mr Lanier's - called for emergency
personnel.
According to the police report, Mr Lanier told his friend the
dog was jumping around in the truck and kicked the unholstered weapon. He also
had a rifle in the truck, which he said was unloaded.
Mr Lanier was taken to hospital for treatment.
No charges have been filed.
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