A mountain lion was attacking a dog in Downieville early in the morning on Monday when a neighbor shot and killed it, according to wildlife officials.

A resident shot and killed a mountain lion attacking their neighbor’s dog in a California neighborhood, officials said. The dog was in the cougar’s jaws as the neighbor fired and didn’t survive the attack, a California Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesperson told McClatchy News in a phone interview Tuesday, Jan. 14.

The sheriff's office said it received several reports of mountain lion sightings in the Upper Main Street area of Downieville.

According to a public notice from the Sierra County sheriff’s office, a mountain lion was shot and killed early Monday, Jan. 13, after it fatally attacked a dog on Main Street. That lion had been seen in the company of two others.