What: Shot in the leg
Where: Her motor home
When: At 10 PM
Why: The dog knocked it off
How: Her handgun fell and discharged on impact
Fifty three year old Janice Jones was sitting on the back of her motor home eating pork chops when she was shot in the leg by a falling handgun that discharged on impact.
Barstow, CA- Jones's dog knocked the gun off a seat at 10 PM that night. Jones was transported by ambulance to Huntington Beach Hospital, and later was taken to Irvine Medical Center.
“It could have been worse. The bullet hit two inches from the gas tank,” said California Highway Patrol press liaison Tammy Rye.
According to animal control officer Janet Ngo, the dog seemed to be malnourished, and it had fresh cigarette burns on its forehead. She indicated that her office would explore filing animal abuse charges against Jones.
“It could have done with a little less abuse and a few more of those pork chops,” Ngo said.
Jones was cited for expired plates, and the county’s district attorney’s office was considering whether to charge her in relation to the gun accident. Jones does not have a permit for the handgun.
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