A man in Memphis, Tenn. was laying in his bed when his 1-year-old Pitbull named Oreo shot him in the leg. According toThe Guardian, Jerald Kirkwood told police in Memphis that he and a woman were lying in bed with a firearm when his dog jumped up and inadvertently caused the weapon to discharge.

Betrayed by man's best friend? A Memphis man claims his dog shot him while he slept. We’ve all heard that dogs are man’s best friend, but one Memphis man might be reconsidering that title after an unfortunate (and slightly unbelievable) incident involving his beloved pit bull, Oreo.

In a rare incident, a man has been shot by his own dog while lying in bed. Police reacted and a friend of the affected man disclosed what happened.

A man is recovering after his dog accidentally shot him while he was lying in bed with a woman. According to reports, the couple had been lying in bed with the firearm nearby. The Guardian reported that the one-year-old dog named Oreo jumped onto the gun, triggering a discharge that injured the man.

Dogs have previously triggered firearms by stepping on them, often when the weapons are left loaded and unsecured.

A man sustained a gunshot wound when his dog accidentally fired a a gun by jumping on a bed this week in Memphis, police said.

Every year, thousands of people in the U.S. are injured in accidental shootings. In rare cases, the trigger is pulled by a paw from man’s best friend rather than a human finger.

Jerald Kirkwood was sound asleep before he was awoken around 4 am by a loud noise and excruciating pain in his leg. He had been shot. The, um, alleged shooter's name is Oreo and he is a one-year-old pit bull.