Dogs really are a man’s best friend and they are often known to share the pain of their human parents. One such example is of a Chihuahua-rat terrier cross who died hours after the sheriff she served with lost his life.

Ohio: World's smallest police dog dies hours after her sheriff

A gunman who shot dead nine people in the city of Dayton, Ohio, in the latest US mass shooting killed his victims in less than a minute, the mayor said Sunday. Mayor Nan Whaley told a press conference that the unnamed gunman was wearing body armour and used an "AK-like gun assault rifle" with "high capacity magazines" when he opened fire in the popular bar and nightlife district called Oregon.

Ohio mass shooting: Gunman killed within 30 seconds after firing started, say Police

The images show the couple unconscious in the front seats of their Ford Explorer, mouths agape, while the woman's son sits in the back

Pictures of OD'd Ohio couple go viral on social media