On the evening of February 17, 2024, 33-year-old Miguel Steven Dalmasi of Alburtis, Pennsylvania, was fatally shot while attending a family gathering at the East Side Fire Social Hall in Allentown. The party, held near East Walnut and South Dauphin streets, celebrated a 1-year-old and included several family members. A group of uninvited people wearing ski masks and hooded sweatshirts arrived outside the hall and a dispute broke out.

Dalmasi stepped outside to try to address the situation. During the altercation one person produced a firearm and fired multiple shots, striking Dalmasi several times in the upper torso. Emergency responders arrived quickly, but he died at the scene; an autopsy confirmed multiple gunshot wounds and the death was ruled a homicide.

Dalmasi was a father to two young sons and a stepdaughter; family remembered him as the light in a dark room with a strong commitment to his family. If anyone has information about the shooting or was at the gathering that night, please share what you know with investigators.