A dog owner in Tennessee claims he was shot in the leg by his pet while lying in bed with a female companion, according to a press release from the Memphis Police Department shared with PEOPLE.

The man said he was "laying on his bed" with a female friend when his dog accidentally set off the gun's trigger, the Memphis Police Department said.

A dog has been saddled with the blame, though not formally charged, after a man was "grazed" by a bullet from a gun he says was accidentally fired by his canine companion. Police in Memphis, Tennessee have shared limited information on the incident,

A Tennessee man claims he was shot in the leg while in bed with a female friend. On top of that, he says his dog is the one who pulled the trigger on the

A man was shot in the leg while laying in bed with a female friend – and claims his pet dog was the one who pulled the trigger. Jerald Kirkwood, from Memphis, Tennessee, was ‘relaxing/talking’ with an unidentified woman in his bedroom at around 4am on Monday when his dog Oreo decided to jump on the bed.