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A man living in an encampment under a bridge was shot by a gunman, intent on taking his dog. The pup refused to leave his owner side, even after he died.

Joshua Rash was living in a Sacramento encampment underneath a bridge when, officials said, a man walked toward him with a handgun, intent on taking his dog.

Rash armed himself with a metal pole and tried to keep the gunman, 62-year-old Richard Bradford, away from his four-legged friend, but prosecutors said Bradford shot Rash and left him to die underneath the bridge.

When police found the body of 37-year-old Rash in the 8200 block of Gerber Road, officials said, the dog was still sitting by his side. Prosecutors and police did

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