On the evening of December 24, 2014, Randy Dawson, a 52-year-old Caucasian man, was shot multiple times in his home at 302 East 10th Street in Waterloo and later died at UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital. The killing is being treated as a homicide and robbery. Neighbors heard what one described as five or six gunshots around 9:25 p.m.; the house where Dawson lived with other relatives was sealed off and guarded through Christmas Day while investigators worked the scene.

Dawson was self-employed in home improvement and did property maintenance after earning a welding certificate from Hawkeye Community College. Those who knew him remembered his readiness to help others; a neighbor recalled he once offered to change her flat tire without being asked. Police searched for one or two persons of interest; one person was briefly detained at the scene but not arrested. No arrests have been reported and the case remains unsolved.

Does anyone who lived in the neighborhood that Christmas Eve have information that could help investigators?