Dog Accidentally Shoots Man

Police in northern Wyoming say a rifle discharged after a dog apparently stepped on it, injuring a 46-year-old man. 

Johnson County Sheriff Steve Kozisek says the bullet struck Richard L. Fipps, of Sheridan, in the arm on Monday. 

The injury is not life-threatening, but Fipps is being treated in a hospital in Billings, Montana.

Kozisek told The Sheridan Press that Fipps and two others were in

a remote area trying to move a vehicle that had become stuck. Fipps was standing beside his truck when he told his dog to move from the front seat to the back seat.