Huntington Story

At about 10 p.m. Wednesday, 53-year-old Janice Jones was shot in the leg while sitting in her motor home eating pork chops.  Her dog knocked her 9 mm handgun off a seat, and the weapon discharged, going straight through her leg and into the vehicle.

"It could have been worse," Rye said.  "The bullet hit two inches from the gas tank."

Jones was transported straight to Huntington Beach Hospital for treatment, and then to Irvene Medical Center.  Meanwhile, the dog, a Pomeranian named Tambo, was taken in by the Huntington Beach Animal Control officers, where it was discovered he was malnourished and had fresh cigarette burns on his head.

"It could have done with a little less abuse and a few more of those pork chops," Janet Ngo, one of the animal control officers, said.

Ngo suggested that her office would explore filing animal abuse charges against Jones.  It was also discovered that Jones did not have a permit for the handgun she had been carrying.