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Ex-LSU OL Matt Branch loses leg in hunting accident, as friend says dog shot him

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A former LSU offensive lineman was shot while duck hunting in Mississippi last month and lost his leg, according to his friend, who says the dog did it.

Micah Heckford told The Clarion Ledger that he and several others were on a duck hunting trip near Eagle Lake on Dec. 28 when Matt Branch was accidentally hit by a blast from his shotgun, which he had left loaded in the bed of his pickup truck.

Heckford said a Labrador retriever named Tito jumped onto the truck bed, stepped on the safety of Branch's shotgun and pulled the trigger.