Iraqi man killed in Texas sought to improve his life

DALLAS — An Iraqi man who fled violence in his homeland and was reunited with his wife in the United States had been in Texas just three weeks when he was fatally shot while taking photos of his first snowfall, his father-in-law said.

Ahmed Al-Jumaili had saved money for more than a year for the move by providing Internet connections to Iraqi homes, according to Mohammed Altaae. Al-Jumaili was killed by gunfire last week while playing in a rare Dallas snowfall with his wife and brother-in-law at their apartment complex.

Dallas police Maj. Jeff Cotner says investigators are searching for four men in their late teens or early 20s seen on surveillance video walking from the complex last Wednesday. It's unclear if Al-Jamaili, 36, was targeted or if the suspects haphazardly scattered shots across the parking lot of the complex. He died early Thursday morning at a hospital.

"The family was taking photos," Cotner said. "That's the first time they had seen snow. A pretty snowfall brings out the child in all of us."

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