Florida man Dennis Emery shot and killed himself on Tuesday after he accidentally fired a round into his face while threatening his wife’s dog.

The story, via Fox 13 News:

“He was involved in a domestic disturbance with his wife. During that disturbance he retrieves a firearm, he produces the firearm, and he threatens to shoot one of the family’s animals,” Pinellas Park police’s Sgt. Adam Geissenberger said Tuesday.

Police say he cocked the gun, lowered the hammer, and then for some reason turned the gun around toward his face right as it fired. Based on witness statements, investigators believe it was an accident.

“It’s a shame. It’s a damn shame. I never figured him to be irresponsible with a handgun,” next door neighbor Dallas Collins said.

Collins says Emery’s wife owned 13 border collies. He says the dogs’ barking was a constant problem between the couple.