Rubin Brown Jr. was 27 when he was shot and killed on March 20, 2014, at his family home in the 4300 block of Crozier Street in Dallas. He was celebrating his 2-year-old son Daytoine’s birthday at the time. Family remembered him as kind-hearted, a devoted father of two and a loving husband.

According to accounts, the night began when Rubin and others heard a loud noise and found a man assaulting a woman in the front yard. Rubin intervened and asked the couple to leave. They drove off, then returned and opened fire on the house and a car, discharging about 23 rounds. Rubin was struck multiple times and later died at Baylor Medical Center. Witnesses said the shooting occurred shortly after police had left the initial domestic disturbance.

The Dallas Police Department investigated, but no arrests had been announced. The case remains unsolved; any information from neighbors or witnesses who were there that night could help Rubin’s family find answers.