Huntington Story

   Being shot in the knee by a dog may sound unbelievable, but at 10 p.m in Barstow, California, near Highway 1, 53 year old Janice Jones was shot in the knee by her dog who knocked a 9 mm handgun off a seat in their motor home.

Jones was eating pork chops at the time and was very grateful the bullet did not strike the gas tank. She was taken to the Huntington Beach Hospital soon after.

  After getting Jones to the hospital California Highway Patrol press liaison Tammy Rye looked at the motor home where the gun went off.

   “It could have been worse,” Rye said. “The bullet hit two inches from the gas tank.”

  Jones wasn’t the only one who needed to be looked at.  Her dog, Tombo, was abused and had cigarette burns on it's  forehead.

  “ It could have been a little less abuse and a few more of those pork chops,” Animal Control officer Janet Ngo said.