Gil Woods Jr., 41, was shot and killed in Alexandria, Louisiana, on May 28, 2022. Officers responding to a 911 call found Woods with multiple gunshot wounds in the 2900 block of Houston Street around 11 p.m.; he was taken to a hospital and later died. Woods was a resident of Monroe who was visiting Alexandria at the time.

Investigators named 59-year-old Willie Carradine as a person of interest after the shooting. Carradine was linked to a separate incident the following day on Monroe Street, where he is accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend and another man, both in their 50s, who suffered life-threatening injuries and were reported to be recovering. A SWAT team served a search warrant at Carradine’s residence but did not find him; warrants were later issued charging him with two counts of attempted second-degree murder in the Monroe Street case.

The motive in Woods’s killing remains under investigation. Anyone with information about either shooting or the whereabouts of Willie Carradine is asked to come forward.