Witnesses are crediting a family 's German shepherd with shielding its owners from gunfire in an Atlanta road-rage incident . The Friday incident began with an altercation on an Atlanta road , according to CNN affiliate WXIA . The driver followed the family to a nearby strip mall and began shooting , according to an unnamed witness interviewed by the station . `` They just rolled right up , they pulled a gun out and started clapping , '' the witness said , using a slang term for shooting . The witness said the dog jumped in front of one of the children and a woman in the car . Surveillance video captured the dog trotting off to die behind a nearby building , WXIA reported . `` They were fired upon and their family was terrorized , '' Atlanta police Sgt.Gregory Lyon told the station . `` They survived that only to find that their pet is now gone . It 's sad for the whole family , especially the day after Thanksgiving . '' No arrests had been made , The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Friday .
Dog shielded child and woman being attacked in a road rage incident , witness says . Video shows injured dog going behind a building , where it died . `` They were fired upon and their family was terrorized , '' Atlanta police spokesman says .