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Robert F. Woods, 30, was shot and killed just after noon on February 13, 2021, near 11th Street and Alby Street in Alton, Illinois. Police responded to calls about a public disturbance and then to reports of gunfire; officers found Woods with gunshot wounds and he was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

A suspect, 44-year-old Arvin W. Freeman of Springfield, Missouri, was taken into custody shortly after the shooting. Investigators said the shooting was not random and that Woods and Freeman were acquainted. Freeman was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and held on $1 million bail. In June 2022 a Madison County grand jury returned an amended indictment adding aggravated discharge of a firearm and reckless discharge of a firearm, alleging multiple shots endangered others in the populated area.

Are there witnesses or local residents who can shed light on what led to the shooting or who saw events around 11th and Alby that afternoon?