Man Blames Dog For Gunshot Wound

Tue., July 29, 1997

From Staff And Wire Reports

A man found in a suburban Tacoma motel room told sheriff’s deputies he had been shot in the stomach by his dog.

The 33-year-old man was found at the motel south of Tacoma on Saturday morning, doubled over in pain from a gunshot wound.

The Pierce County sheriff’s office said the man told a deputy he had put a gun in the back of his pickup truck cab, and when his dog tried to get in, the animal stepped on the gun and it discharged.

The deputy reported finding drug paraphernalia and a bag of crack cocaine in the motel room and in the truck cab.

The man was taken to Madigan Army Medical Center for treatment.

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