A man in Tennessee claims his dog accidentally shot him Monday morning while he lied in bed with his girlfriend, media outlets reported.

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 man from Memphis, USA was accidentally shot by his own dog while lying in bed with a firearm, local media reported. Jerald Kirkwood told police that his one-year-old pit bull, Oreo, jumped onto the bed and got his paw stuck in the trigger guard of the gun,