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16:31 PST BATES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- <br /><br />A man cooking in his kitchen was shot after one of his cats knocked his 9mm handgun onto the floor, discharging the weapon, Michigan State Police said.<br /><br />Joseph Stanton, 29, of Bates Township in Iron County, was shot in his lower torso around 6 p.m. Tuesday, the state police post in Iron River reported. He was transported to Iron County Community Hospital.<br /><br />Michelle Sand, a spokeswoman at the Iron River hospital, said Stanton was treated there before being transferred to Marquette General Hospital for further treatment. But Marcie Miller, a representative of the Marquette facility, said there was no record of the hospital receiving a patient by that name.<br /><br />A telephone message seeking comment was left Wednesday at Stanton's home.<br /><br />State police said he was cooking at his stove when the cat knocked the loaded gun off the kitchen counter behind him.