Billie Joe Parker, 52, of Spencer, West Virginia, died on August 7, 2023, after a violent confrontation at the Carleton Court Apartments in Cross Lanes, near Charleston. What began as a father checking on his daughter after an earlier domestic incident at the complex ended with Parker being shot twice during an argument with her live-in boyfriend.

Deputies had responded earlier to a domestic disturbance involving Parker’s daughter and her boyfriend, Alexander James Hall, and were reportedly in the process of obtaining or serving a related warrant when Parker arrived. By then the daughter was gone but Hall remained; the encounter escalated and Hall allegedly pulled a gun and shot Parker. Parker was transported for medical treatment and did not survive.

A warrant charging Alexander James Hall with first-degree murder was issued in Kanawha County in connection with Parker’s death. Does anyone have information about the events at Carleton Court Apartments that day or knew Billie Joe Parker or his family?