{"id":35412,"date":"2025-11-16T02:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T02:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/35412\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T02:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T02:01:08","slug":"dog-accidentally-shoots-owner-with-shotgun-in-pennsylvania-home-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/35412\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog accidentally shoots owner with shotgun in Pennsylvania home accident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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A 53-year-old man was wounded Tuesday night after his dog allegedly shot him with a shotgun inside his home in Berks County, Pennsylvania<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Police were called to the home at about 11:15 p.m. for a shooting, according to a report from local news station WFMZ.<\/a><\/p>\n

Investigators learned the gunfire rang out after the man placed his shotgun<\/a> on a bed while cleaning it, leaving an unlikely suspect.<\/p>\n

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The breed of the four-legged suspect has not yet been released. (iStock)<\/p>\n

INDIANA CLEANING LADY FATALLY SHOT AFTER SHOWING UP AT WRONG HOME: POLICE<\/a><\/p>\n

A furry friend in the home reportedly leaped onto the bed, causing the gun to go off and a bullet to strike the man in the back.<\/p>\n

The man, who has not yet been publicly identified, was taken to a local hospital where he underwent surgery<\/a> for his injuries.<\/p>\n

It is unclear what age and breed the four-legged suspect<\/a> was.<\/p>\n

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Authorities said the shotgun was placed on the bed prior to the shooting. (Metro Transit Police\/X)<\/p>\n

ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF’S DOG ESCAPES UNHARMED AFTER CHEWING ON LITHIUM-ION BATTERY, SPARKING HOUSE FIRE<\/a><\/p>\n

The incident comes less than a month after a North Carolina assistant fire chief’s dog chewed on a lithium-ion battery, sparking a house fire.<\/p>\n

Chapel Hill Fire Department Assistant Chief David Sasser’s dog, Colton, allegedly “counter-surfed” while his owner was away, getting a hold of the less than tasty treat.<\/p>\n

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Colton sparks small house fire in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.\u00a0 (Chapel Hill Fire Department\/Facebook)<\/p>\n

“Colton is a good boy, but he counter-surfed while his humans were away and got hold of a device with a lithium-ion battery,” the fire department wrote in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n

Colton escaped with only minor smoke exposure, though the department noted he is no longer trusted to go crate-less unsupervised.<\/p>\n

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Shillington Police Department<\/a> did not immediately respond to additional inquiries from Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital’s Bonny Chu contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

Alexandra Koch is a Fox News Digital journalist who covers breaking news, with a focus on high-impact events that shape national conversation.<\/p>\n

She has covered major national crises, including the L.A. wildfires, Potomac and Hudson River aviation disasters, Boulder terror attack, and Texas Hill Country floods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 53-year-old man was wounded Tuesday night after his dog…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31,28,30,29,2800,1427],"class_list":["post-35412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-crime","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pets","tag-police-and-law-enforcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}