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WATCH ABOVE: A man in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is being accused of pulling out his gun at a public park and shooting a woman’s pet dog that was off its leash. Kristin Haubrich reports.

TORONTO – A pet dog is dead after a man allegedly pulled out a gun at a public park and fired at the canine.

Sydney, an Australian Shepherd, was off its leash at Penstemon Park in Colorado Springs, Colorado before suffering a fatal wound. The dog’s owner was close by and saw it all happen.

“We were just playing ball in the park,” the owner – who doesn’t want to be identified – told KKTV.

That’s when a man appeared on a nearby sidewalk.

“I thought to myself, ‘I should probably grab her [Sydney] just in case,'” the owner added . “But by that time [Sydney] had noticed him already and started jogging towards him with her ball still in her mouth to greet him.”

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Instead of a friendly exchange between man and dog, the owner witnessed something horrific.

“Before I had a chance to get her to come back to me, he pulled out a gun and shot her several times,” she told KKTV.

Suspect fired several shots and killed a dog that was off leash and approaching him in Penstemon Park. PB #20822 http://t.co/LZAO7iA2UL — Springs Police (@CSPDPIO) January 6, 2015

The Denver Post reports that the suspect then fled on foot and remains at large. The Colorado Springs police department is still investigating.

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