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According to police, a dog shot and killed a man in the United States over the weekend after the animal stepped on and accidentally discharged a gun left on the backseat of a pickup truck.
According to police in the central US state of Kansas, the victim, who was sitting in the front passenger seat of the truck, was struck in the back while he and the pet were out on a hunting trip Saturday.
“The rifle was discharged after a canine belonging to the pickup’s owner stepped on it. The bullet struck the passenger, who died as a result of his injuries on the scene “According to the Sumner County Sheriff’s office.
The investigation is still ongoing, but preliminary findings indicate that it was a hunting-related accident, according to the sheriff’s office in a separate statement.
The 30-year-old man who died was not identified as the dog’s owner, according to officials.
Accidental shootings are all too common in America, a country with more guns than people. More than 500 people died in firearm accidents in the United States in 2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
