Police responding to reports of a shotgun blast at a convenience store sounds like the opening of countless American crime movies, but when cops in Nebraska responded to a recent such call they found an unusual culprit: a dog.

Local TV station KNOP News 2 reported that police in the town of Scottsbluff were called out to a local store recently after reports of a blast involving a shotgun.

Upon arrival they found a truck with blast damage in one of its doors and a woman who had been struck in the arm by a pellet from a shotgun.

However, investigation showed a canine cause behind the shooting when it was revealed the blast happened as the vehicle had pulled up to the store as a dog had been moving from one side of its back seat to another.

Somehow, the dog had triggered the shotgun – which had a live round chambered – to fire, damaging the vehicle and striking a female passerby.

The victim was taken to hospital though not seriously injured.

It is illegal in Nebraska to drive with a loaded shotgun in your vehicle.

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/26/dog-shotgun-nebraska-convenience-store

impressively low IQ country

dogset catching bodies now

Ruh Roh Raggy

Maybe her vibes were off

Ngl I thought it said woman shoots dog and panicked

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Guns don't kill people

Dogs kill people

fam I just saw another unrelated dog/woman story on twitter and thought this thread was about that

Type of predicament @pussy_bacon would find himself in

Hope dogs ok that was prob terrifying

Tf lol

reminds me of a small town near me that keeps electing dogs as the mayor

Dog Wick