Brandyn Beard, 39, was shot and killed on December 28, 2017, inside his apartment in the Spring Garden neighborhood of Philadelphia. The shooting took place about 9:00 p.m. on the 1200 block of Brandywine Street; police said he was shot once under the left jawbone and died shortly afterward. No weapon was immediately recovered at the scene.

Friends had been at Brandyn’s apartment that night, including a man Brandyn reportedly did not know well. Accounts say that man had recently robbed a gas station, though there is no indication Brandyn knew that when the man came over. An argument between Brandyn and the visitor escalated, and the evening turned deadly in Brandyn’s home. Brandyn’s family remembered him as bubbly and outgoing and very attached to his English bulldog, Holly.

Early police reports described the case as a homicide investigation and reported no arrests. If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Brandyn, please share what can help the investigation.