Man Charged With Shooting Pet Dog in the Face After He Claimed the Dog Shot Itself

A man in Ohio is accused of animal cruelty and two other misdemeanors after he tried to claim his pet dog shot itself in the face.

31-year-old Jonathan George of Norwalk, Ohio, was charged with handling a firearm while intoxicated, animal cruelty, and discharging a weapon in a municipality.

Authorities said they received a strange phone call from George regarding his dog “Lula.”

“Said his dog shot itself, and he trained the dog to bring a gun to him,” Norwalk police Capt. Jim Fulton told the local news. “The dog had the gun in its mouth when it went off accidentally. The officers didn’t believe that story.”