A Mesa family is traumatized and trying to move out of their neighborhood after they saw an armed man shoot their dog in the head before turning the gun on himself.
They say he threatened to shoot them, but ultimately shot and killed their dog before turning the gun on himself.
It was a day that the family will never forget. Their beloved 5-year-old pitbull mix, shot right in front of them after she saved their lives. The family says it all started when a man approached Kyleigh in their front yard. Her fiance, Doug, and their 7-year-old child came outside to see what was going on.Bailey ran past them as they opened the door."I say, ‘Bailey, sit,’ and she sits, and she didn’t bark, she didn’t growl, her mouth didn’t open," Doug said. "I said, 'Please don’t do anything, she’s not going to do anything, and he pulled the trigger and shot her right there.
"This is devastating, this is life-long emotional distress," Doug said. "This is going to be a very hard thing to come back from."
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