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Dog Shoots Owner After Getting Paw Stuck In Gun, Police Say Dog Shoots Owner After Getting Paw Stuck In Gun, Police Say
Dog Shoots Owner After Getting Paw Stuck In Gun, Police Say An American dog owner was accidentally shot by his pet in a freak incident rarely seen involving animals and firearms. Officers responded to a home in Memphis, Tennessee on Whitney Avenue at 3:50 a.m. Monday, March 10, where they found the victim with a gunshot wound to his left thigh, according to the police report first detailed by WMC-TV Action News 5. He told police he had been lying in bed with a female friend when his 1-year-old pit bull jumped onto the bed and got its paw stuck in the trigger guard, causing the weapon to fire. The victim’s friend left the scene before officers arriv…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
1 Dead, 2 Wounded In Shooting Near Lowell Temple 1 Dead, 2 Wounded In Shooting Near Lowell Temple
1 Dead, 2 Wounded In Shooting Near Lowell Temple Police say one person is dead and two more were injured in an early morning shooting in a Hindu temple's parking lot in Lowell.  Officers were called to the Middlesex Street parking lot just after 4:50 a.m. on Saturday, July 20, to find the three victims suffering from gunshot wounds, the Middlesex District Attorney said.  A 43-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, and a 34-year-old man was taken to an area hospital for treatment. A 26-year-old woman who was also wounded in the attack drove herself to the hospital with a shooting injury, the prosecutor's office said.  A…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Stoughton Police Investigating Shooting Stoughton Police Investigating Shooting
Stoughton Police Investigating Shooting A 31-year-old man was shot in the leg late Wednesday night, and police are asking for the public's help identifying the shooter.  Police were called to 40 Stagecoach Road around 10 p.m. where they met a man sitting on the ground with a gunshot wound, Stoughton police said. The man was not a Stoughton resident.  Paramedics took him to Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton with non-life-threatening injuries.  Police say there is no ongoing threat to the community.  Detectives ask anyone with information on the shooting to contact investigators at 781-344-2424.

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Teen Shot Multiple Times Dies In Lawrence Teen Shot Multiple Times Dies In Lawrence
Teen Shot Multiple Times Dies In Lawrence A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed over the weekend in Lawrence, authorities said.  Police were called to the area of Brook Street just after 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 6, after people heard multiple gunshots, Lawrence police said.  They arrived to find the teenager bleeding from gunshot wounds. Paramedics rushed him to Lawrence General Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.  Authorities did not release the boy's name.  Lawrence police and Massachusetts State troopers are investigating the shooting. They ask anyone with information about the fatal s…

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by Josh Lanier