SHERIDAN, wyo. —Police say a rifle discharged after a dog apparently stepped on it, injuring a 46-year-old man in northern Wyoming.
Johnson County Sheriff Steve Kozisek (KAHS’-eh-sec) said Richard L. Fipps, of Sheridan, was struck in the arm by a bullet on Monday.
He says the injury is not life-threatening but Fipps is being treated in a hospital in Billings, Montana.
Kozisek told The Sheridan Press (http://bit.ly/1sMfrgZ ) that Fipps and two others were in a remote area trying to move a vehicle that had become stuck. Fipps was standing beside his truck when he told his dog to move from the front seat to the back seat.
Kozisek said a rifle was on the back seat and discharged toward Fipps.
Kozisek said the shooting appeared to be an accident.
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Information from: The Sheridan (Wyo.) Press,
