Shoplifter stabbed by hidden knives

GRAND RAPIDS – A man who hid hunting knives in his pants to try to steal them from a western Michigan store tripped while fleeing and stabbed himself in the abdomen, police say.

The suspect was hospitalized after Monday night’s attempted theft from a Meijer superstore in Grand Rapids and is expected to face a misdemeanor shoplifting charge.

The wounds did not appear to be life-threatening, The Grand Rapids Press reported.

The man had put about $300 worth of hunting knives in his waistband, police said. They said he tried to leave the store, but employees confronted him and a scuffle followed. The man then fell and was stabbed by the knives in his clothing.

Hunter apparently shot by his dog

Houston – A tracking dog apparently stepped on a loaded shotgun in the bed of his owner’s pickup truck, firing a fatal blast into the man’s thigh during a goose hunt, officials said. Perry Alvin Price III died at a hospital Saturday shortly after the southeast Texas accident.

According to Chambers County sheriff’s investigators, Price was hunting about 60 miles east of Houston when he shot down a goose.

Price, 46, then set the gun in the back of his truck and was about to open the tailgate to release his tracking dog when the shotgun fired. The blast penetrated the truck’s tailgate before hitting Price.

Paw prints were found on the muddy shotgun, Sheriff Joe La Rive said.