Daqualon Rudd, 22, was fatally shot in the early evening of Friday, May 15, 2026, on the 1700 block of Pear Street in South Dallas. Dallas officers were called about a shooting around 5:40 p.m.; Rudd was found at the scene with gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead there. The Dallas Police Department opened a homicide investigation under case number 069586-2026.

Born April 10, 2004, Rudd’s family held a visitation on May 26, 2026, at Eternal Rest Funeral Home in DeSoto and a funeral service on May 27, 2026, at Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Dallas. As of late May 2026, no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. Detectives have asked the public for help and named Detective Guy Curtis as a contact for information.

Did anyone in the South Dallas area see or hear anything on Pear Street the evening of May 15 that could help investigators?