Overview
- Police say a dog inside a parked pickup moved and accidentally caused a loaded shotgun to discharge through the rear passenger-side panel.
- A pellet struck a woman who was stopped at a nearby traffic light and she was treated at a local hospital for a non-life-threatening wound to her upper right arm.
- First 911 calls described a BB gun but investigators later found damage consistent with a shotgun blast after examining the vehicle.
- Nebraska law prohibits traveling with a loaded shotgun in a vehicle and police reminded residents that the violation is treated as a Class III misdemeanor.
- Officers in Scottsbluff continue to investigate the circumstances of the May incident with no charges reported so far and officials pointed to similar past pet-triggered accidents when urging safer firearm storage.