A gunman opened fire on the Martin's family SUV outside a mall, and according to reports, a German shepherd gave his life to protect the family by jumping in front of the gunfire.

Noah leaped in front of the family to shield a mother and three children just as the gunman opened fire, shattering the passenger side window.

The dog took a bullet for the kids. How tragic.

Noah’s owner, Kidon Martin, wrote a heartfelt tribute to the heroic dog on Facebook.

"I don’t usually be on Facebook but I have to let people know how my dog Noah saved two members of my family my wife and my son in a senseless act of violence, Noah sacrificed himself by pushing them away in the line of gunfire and took a bullet to the neck him being so relentless chased the assailant car to show his protective instict and collapsed in the pusuit he died from the lost of blood he will be missed I cant stop crying for he is his name Noah a covenant of the arc which is my family."