A freak accident resulted in a dog killing its owner with a gun. According to PEOPLE, a man in Kansas died after his dog stepped on a rifle in the back seat. The weapon fired, killing the driver, who was also a hunter.
“A canine belonging to the owner of the pickup stepped on the rifle causing the weapon to discharge,” the sheriff’s office said to KAKE-ABC. “The fired round struck the passenger who died of his injuries on scene.”
The man was 30-year-old Joseph Austin Smith. He died in his pickup truck at 80th Street South and River Road in Witchita.
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“Responding units arrived within minutes of the 911 call and started CPR,” the sheriff’s office said. The man died at the scene.
