said they found a brick which was tossed in the yard. The family said it had been in a stack of bricks. Investigators have sent the brick to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime lab for analysis.

The family asked if someone could hurt a dog, what else are they capable of?

“We have children playing in our neighborhood and it scary to think what could happen to them,” Bock said.

Toby had been in a basement room that had a door to the outside. The family said the door was open when they arrived home and discovered him unconscious.

Toby was a rescue dog from the Coweta County Animal Shelter and was a year and 10 months old. He graduated from obedience school. No one taught Toby to be a hero.BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights group said scores of Syrian government forces have been killed in three days of fighting with Islamic State in the east of the country, where the jihadist group has attacked government-held areas.

Islamic State advanced against government forces on Monday near the city of Deir al-Zor after attacking the towns of Ayyash and Begayliya, the Observatory said.

The jihadist group is in control of most of Deir al-Zor province while the government is holding parts of the city, including a military airport - one of the few pockets of east Syria still held by President Bashar al-Assad.

Syrian officials could not be reached for comment on the battles or the scale of losses on its side.

The Britain-based Observatory said 120 members of