The Iraqi man who was shot dead in Dallas while photographing his first ever snowfall had arrived just three weeks prior after saving up for a year , his devastated family has revealed . Ahmed Al-Jumaili , 36 , was fatally shot as he played in the snow with his wife and brother-in-law at their apartment complex last Wednesday . Police have not yet arrested any suspects . Al-Jumaili had married his wife Zahraa Altaie just a month before she left Iraq for Texas and Al-Jumaili had saved for more than a year to be able to afford to join her , CBS News reported . Fearful of terrorist activity in their country , he worked hard providing Internet connections to Iraqi homes so he could head to America , according to his father-in-law Mohammed Altaae . Torn apart : Ahmed Al-Jumaili ( right ) was shot dead just 20 days after arriving in the U.S. , where he was reunited with his wife Zahara ( right ) . He had saved up for more than a year to be able to join her . Devastated : His father-in-law Mohammed Altaae wept as he described how the young couple had just wanted to start building their life together after more than a year apart and have children together . His wife had moved to the Dallas area to be near family members and her husband joined her just 20 days before he was murdered . He had a car and was looking for a job , his father-in-law said . 'For a young man and a young woman , oh God , so many dreams together , ' Altaae told CBS . 'They wanted to have children and educate them well . It was the dreams of young people . 'We 're looking for safe place ... What he got was a bullet in his heart . ' Authorities have released surveillance footage showing four men in their 20s walking from the complex on Wednesday but so far no arrests have been made . Police do not yet know if Al-Jumaili was targeted or was the victim of random gunfire . Widowed : His distraught wife Zahara is pictured outside the Dallas apartment they shared with her family . Refuge : Just weeks earlier , the couple had been reunited as Al-Jumaili joined his wife in the United States . Dallas police Major Jeff Cotner said two of the four wanted men were armed and , without exchanging any words with the group , fired bullets across the complex . Alia Salem , executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations ( CAIR ) in the Dallas and Fort Worth area , explained in an account on Facebook that Al-Jumaili had taken cover behind a pickup truck when the men opened fire - but a bullet pierced the truck and struck him . Al-Jumaili was shot in the chest and rushed to hospital , where he passed away the following day . 'There was nothing said to Ahmed or his wife and her brother by the perpetrators in advance of the shots , ' Salem wrote . 'Including no verbal insults or derogatory slurs . ' In security footage that captured the men , one appears to be carrying a firearm by his side . They are seen running separately through the snow . Cotner told CBS that while it does not appear the shooting was a hate crime , it is a possibility they are investigating , among others . Look familiar ? Police in Dallas have released this security footage of potential suspects in the shooting . Possible involved : Witnesses previously reported seeing four male suspects aged in their 20s enter the gates of the Walnut Bend Apartments complex . Men fitting the description were captured on nearby cameras . Truck : Ahmed took cover behind a pickup truck when shots rang out , but a bullet pierced straight through the truck ( photographed ) and struck Al-Jumaili in the chest . A LaunchGood fundraising page explains Al-Jumaili and Zahara married just 16 months ago , and planned to move to the U.S. , seeking refuge from the Islamic State . The neighborhood where Al-Jumaili was killed has a large immigration population and northern Dallas is home to a large number of Iraqi refugees . The fundraiser has raised more than $ 29,000 toward Al-Jumaili 's memorial and family fund . North Texas Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of $ 5,000 for information leading to an arrest or indictment . Salem said the Council on American-Islamic Relations has raised an additional $ 7,000 reward for information to help in the investigation into the killing . See below for video .
Ahmed Al-Jumaili , 36 , was shot dead outside his Texas apartment while taking pictures of his first snowfall 20 days earlier . Authorities released surveillance footage of four male suspects but have not made any arrests ; they are investigating if it was a hate crime . Al-Jumaili had arrived last week after saving for more than a year to be reunited with his wife , who moved to Texas a month after they married .