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A Short Stop gas station in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Photograph: Google Maps
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Nebraska woman injured after dog triggers shotgun near convenience store
Police responded to reports of gunfire at store in town of Scottsbluff and found that a dog triggered the shotgun blast
Guardian staff<br>Tue 26 May 2026 09.41 EDTLast modified on Tue 26 May 2026 09.43 EDT
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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.<br>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.<br>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.<br>Somehow, the dog had triggered the shotgun – which had a live round chambered – to fire, damaging the vehicle and striking a female passerby.<br>The victim was taken to hospital though not seriously injured.<br>It is illegal in Nebraska to drive with a loaded shotgun in your vehicle.
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