Rubin Lee Davis was 26 when he was fatally shot on June 26, 2011, in 4th Street Park in Mount Vernon, New York. He was sitting on basketball bleachers talking with a friend when a man reportedly approached, brandished a gun, demanded money, then shot Davis in the chest at point-blank range. Police arrived about 2:40 p.m. and found him deceased.

Davis held a master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and worked as a counselor at the Phoenix Academy in Shrub Oak; he had previously worked at MasterCard in Rye. The city’s police commissioner at the time expressed doubts about the robbery motive, saying there might be more to the story.

The investigation remains active and unsolved; the FBI’s Westchester County Safe Streets Gang Task Force later joined Mount Vernon police and a reward was offered for information, but no arrests have been announced and no suspects publicly identified. If anyone knew Rubin, was at 4th Street Park that day, or has information that could help, please come forward.