"Honest, it was a training accident"

NORWALK, Ohio — An Ohio man is accused of animal cruelty and two other misdemeanors after he originally claimed his pet dog shot itself, authorities said. 

Jonathan George, 31, of Norwalk, was charged with handling a firearm while intoxicated, cruelty to animals and discharging a weapon in a municipality, WJW reported.

Norwalk police Capt. Jim Fulton said a telephone call he received from George was “bizarre,” the television station reported. It concerned the man’s dog, Lula, a 4-year-old brindle boxer.

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

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