Priscilla Aguilar meets Atlas for the first time.

A 9-year-old Sacramento girl whose puppy was intentionally run over and killed earlier this month got the chance to make a new furry friend this week when sheriff’s deputies and a local animal shelter connected her with a foster dog.

Investigators said Priscilla Aguilar’s German shepherd puppy was in the road on June 5 when a man drove up to it as Priscilla was rushing to get her dog, according to local TV station KCRA3. The man then told Priscilla that the puppy shouldn’t be in the road and ran the dog over, the station reported.

Deputies from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office then reached out to the Bradshaw Animal Shelter to see if they could find a new friend for Priscilla, the shelter reported.