Another guy shot by an animalCat Shoots Owner
BATES TOWNSHIP, Mich. - [size=-1] A man cooking in his kitchen was shot after one of his cats knocked his 9mm handgun onto the floor, discharging the weapon, Michigan State Police said. [/size]
[size=-1] Joseph Stanton, 29, of Bates Township in Iron County, was shot in his lower torso around 6 p.m. Tuesday, the state police post in Iron River reported. He was transported to Iron County Community Hospital. [/size]
[size=-1] Michelle Sand, a spokeswoman at the Iron River hospital, said Stanton was treated there before being transferred to Marquette General Hospital for further treatment. But Marcie Miller, a representative of the Marquette facility, said there was no record of the hospital receiving a patient by that name. [/size]
[size=-1] A telephone message seeking comment was left Wednesday at Stanton's home. [/size]
[size=-1] State police said he was cooking at his stove when the cat knocked the loaded gun off the kitchen counter behind him. [/size]