This is the moment Noah the German Shepherd ran behind a building to die after taking a bullet to save his owner and her three children from a raging gunman.

Surveillance footage captures the heroic canine in the final moments of his life just seconds after a man opened fire on the car outside an Atlanta strip mall.

Witnesses described how Noah jumped out the passenger window and attempted to chase after the attacker before lying down in an alleyway.

Police believe the alleged gunman followed their Chevrolet Suburban and shot at them from inside his own vehicle after a road rage-fueled argument.

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Tragic: This is the moment Noah the German Shepherd ran away to die after taking a bullet for his owners

Kids: A German Shepherd named Noah gave his life for an Atlanta family when a road-raging gunman followed their Chevrolet Suburban to a strip mall and opened fire on the car full of kids

Windows: The angered gunman followed the SUV into the parking lot of the strip mall and opened fire, blasting out the vehicle's windows and shooting the dog

'About five minutes later, they pulled back through,' one of the unnamed victims told WXIA about the shooter, 'They just rolled right up; they pulled a gun out and started [shooting].'

Witnesses say that the incident began with road-rage Friday between those in the SUV and the shooter driving a blue-gray Taurus, according to New York Daily News.

Hobart Austin told police he was a passenger in the car carrying three children and a woman, according to AJC.

Austin told AJC that the driver in the Taurus nearly hit the white SUV and he and the driver argued.

The angered gunman followed the SUV into the parking lot of the strip mall and opened fire, blasting out the vehicle's windows and shooting the dog.

Footage: Surveillance footage shows the German Shepherd trotting past one of the strip mall's shops, the fatally injured dog ran behind a building, laid down, and died

Owner: A Facebook post indicates that Kidon Martin (above) owned Noah, whose heroic act left everyone in the vehicle free from gun wounds

'The dog took the bullet for the kids so the kids would be safe,' a witness told WXIA.

The shooting left shattered glass in the SUV and on the ground,11 Alive reports.

Noah's heroic act left everyone in the vehicle free from gun wounds, but that was the pooch's final act.

Surveillance footage shows the German Shepherd trotting past one of the strip mall's shops. The fatally injured dog ran behind a building, laid down, and died.

'They were fired upon and their family was terrorized,' Atlanta Police Sgt.Gregory Lyon told WXIA. 'They survived that only to find that their pet is now gone.'

Sympathy: Atlanta Police Sgt.Gregory Lyon sympathized with the family saying they were terrorized and survived 'only to find that their pet is now gone'

Son: A Facebook post indicates that the dog belonged to Kidon Martin, the woman in the vehicle was his wife and one of the children present was his son

Atlanta police say the gunman is still on the loose and they are searching for the Taurus.

A Facebook post indicates that the dog belonged to Kidon Martin, the woman in the vehicle was his wife and one of the children present was his son.