Allen Lamar Ruffin was 31 when he was shot dead on the evening of July 21, 2020, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was at his girlfriend’s home on Lillie Street and was working on a doorbell camera with his back to the street when he was struck by multiple bullets and pronounced dead at the scene. His girlfriend, standing in the doorway, was also shot and critically injured. The Allen County Coroner ruled Ruffin’s death a homicide by multiple gunshot wounds, and it was the 27th homicide in Allen County that year.

Investigators linked 25-year-old Tremaine Wyatt to the shooting; Wyatt was arrested the day after the incident and was in the Allen County Jail on unrelated charges when the probe identified him as a suspect. Authorities say messages from Wyatt before the killing referenced placing a price on Ruffin and asked for ammunition, and they viewed the attack as possible retaliation tied to an earlier shooting at Wyatt’s family’s grandmother’s house. Wyatt was charged with murder, aggravated battery for the girlfriend’s injuries, criminal recklessness and a weapons charge, and was later convicted; an appeal was filed and the conviction was affirmed.

Does anyone have information about Allen Ruffin, his movements that evening, or the events on Lillie Street that could shed more light on what happened?