Dog accidentally shoots woman with shotgun in Nebraska

A dog accidentally shot a woman with a shotgun in Nebraska over the weekend.

That is an actual story.

According to the Scottsbluff Police Department, officers were called to the Short Stop convenience store at 2002 Avenue I on Saturday after a report that someone had been shot. The first report said it involved a BB gun. Police were then told it was actually a shotgun.

When officers arrived, they found a truck with an attached camper. The passenger-side door panel had damage from the shotgun blast.

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Police said the truck’s owner had pulled into the convenience store. A passenger was standing near the front passenger-side door. A dog was in the back seat of the vehicle and moved from one side to the other. That movement triggered a shotgun that had a live shell in the chamber.

The gun fired, partially hitting a woman in the process. Luckily, it wasn’t fatal. One pellet from the shotgun blast hit her in the upper right arm.

Her injury was not believed to be life-threatening, and a family member took her to Regional West Medical Center for treatment.

It’s a dog eat dog world out there

The case remains under investigation by Scottsbluff police.

There is not much else to dress up here. A loaded shotgun was inside a vehicle. A dog moved around in the back seat. The gun went off. A woman sitting at a traffic light got hit.

That is the report.

This is one of those stories where the facts do all the work.