Gun dog: Man, 35, shot in leg with 9mm pistol by his PET in Florida



Weapon goes off after hapless dog kicked it as it lay on floor of truck



Gregory Dale Lanier wounded in the leg, but escaped serious injury

Police chief says he has never heard of similar case



A 35-year-old man was lucky to escape with his life after his dog accidentally shot him in the leg as they travelled in his truck.

The 9mm pistol, which was on the floor of the cab at the time, was set off when it was kicked by the hapless hound near Sebring in Florida.



Gregory Dale Lanier was wounded in the leg, but escaped serious injury, police said.



Bizarre: A man was shot in the leg after his pet dog kicked a gun that was lying on the floor of his truck (file picture)

Firearm: The weapon involved was a 9mm pistol, although the exact make and model has not been reported (stock picture of a Glock 9mm pistol)

Sebring Police Commander Steve Carr, said he had never heard of a similar case of a dog shooting a man.



According to the police report, Mr Lanier said he was driving along State Road 17 North when the dog kicked 'the unloaded .380 pistol,' the Highlands Tribune reports.

The report said the gun was actually a 9mm weapon, not a .380. The incident is the latest in a string of bizarre shootings in Florida.



Incident: Mr Lanier was driving with his dog in his truck near the town of Sebring in Florida