TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — Investigators say a metal plate in an Oklahoma man's neck saved him from paralysis or worse when he was shot.

Robert Thurman told 911 dispatchers Friday that his sister Gretchen Thurman shot him, The Tahlequah Daily Press (http://bit.ly/2jL099J ) reported. Undersheriff Jason Chennault says the bullet apparently hit a metal plate in Robert Thurman's neck and ricocheted out and went through a door frame. Authorities say Thurman ran out of a mobile home and into a field after he had been shot.

According to investigators, the metal plate in Thurman's neck was inserted as a...