A Bo Special: Dog Shoots, Kills Owner


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Bo Raxo

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Paw prints point to dog in shooting death of Baytown teacher


A tracking dog apparently stepped on a loaded shotgun in the bed of
his owner's pickup truck, firing a fatal blast into the man's thigh
during a goose hunt, officials said.

Perry Alvin Price III died Saturday at a hospital from severe blood
loss from his femoral artery shortly after the freak accident in
southeast Texas.

Chambers County sheriff's investigators said Price, 46, was hunting
on a lease near Stowell, about 60 miles east of Houston, when he shot
down a goose.

Price then set the gun in the back of his truck and was about to open
the tailgate to release his tracking dog when the shotgun fired,
investigators said. The blast penetrated the truck's tailgate before
hitting Price.

Paw prints from the dog, a chocolate Labrador retriever named Authur,
were found on the muddy shotgun, Sheriff Joe LaRive said. Daniel
Groberg, Price's hunting partner, said he tried to stop the bleeding
with clothing before driving him to seek help.

"It's the strangest case that I've seen," LaRive said. "We couldn't
talk to Perry and Groberg was at the front of the truck when he heard
the shotgun blast and didn't see what happened."

Price's sister, Patricia Payne, said her brother was always very
careful while hunting.

"His dog was so excited," she said. "He was jumping all around,
because he was about to get out and go get that goose.

"That gun had to be knocked around just right to fire. I believe the
dog knocked the safety off and hit the trigger, too," she said.

[ Puhleeze. The guy didn't set the safety on the gun. - Bo ]

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