Huntington Story

        53-year-old Janice Jones's leg and car were shot through on Wednesday in Barstow, California due to the fact that she owned an illegal handgun and her abused dog who wanted a pork chop accidentally set it off.

“It could have been worse,” Rye said. 

The 9mm handgun was knocked off the seat and when it hit the floor it discharged.

“The bullet hit two inches from the gas tank," Rye said.

Jones was taken to two different hospitals to receive care for her wound.

"Jones was transported to Huntington Beach Hospital via ambulance and later was transported to Irvine Medical Center," Rye said.

While Jones was in the hospital, the Huntington Beach animal control was examining the dog.

"The dog seemed to be malnourished," animal control officer Janet Ngo said. "It had fresh cigarette burns on its forehead." 

The more the officers examined this dog, the more anima, abuse they noticed. 

“It could have done with a little less abuse and a few more of those pork chops,” Ngo said.

Ngo indicated that her office would explore filing animal abuse charges against Jones.

 "Jones has been cited for expired plates and the county’s district attorney’s office was considering whether to charge her in relation to the gun accident," Rye said. "Jones doesn’t have a permit for the gun."


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