Ruben Morales-Rivera, a 30-year-old Hispanic man from Allentown, Pennsylvania, was fatally shot in the early hours of August 7, 2021. He was found about 2:40 a.m. on the first block of Race Street and taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, where he was pronounced dead at 4:17 a.m. The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

The Allentown Police Department, the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office, the Lehigh County Homicide Task Force and the coroner’s office opened an investigation. No suspects or arrests have been disclosed and the investigation is ongoing; anyone with information is asked to contact the Allentown Police Department Criminal Investigations Division.

Morales-Rivera is survived by his parents Nelson Mendez and Mitchael Rivera-Baez, his children Laila Morales and Landon Morales, and his siblings Nicolas Morales, Alyza Morales and Leandro Mendez. If anyone knew Ruben or has information about what happened on Race Street that night, please come forward.