On the evening of September 19, 2024, gunfire broke out in a courtyard in the 1200 block of Wythe Street in Alexandria, Virginia. Police who arrived around 8:14 p.m. found three people shot. Twenty-five-year-old Alexandria resident Kwakia Frazier was critically wounded, taken to a nearby hospital, and later died of his injuries. A 46-year-old man was seriously hurt and a 15-year-old boy sustained a grazing wound and was treated at the scene.

Investigators say the attack was deliberate and involved multiple stolen handguns. Ballistics testing by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives linked shell casings from the Wythe Street scene to other crimes, and that evidence helped identify three teenage suspects: a 16-year-old and two 17-year-olds. Police announced the juveniles were already in custody for other incidents when they were charged with murder by mob and two counts of malicious wounding by mob. No motive has been made public.

Anyone with information about the shooting or who saw activity in the 1200 block of Wythe Street on September 19 is asked to come forward.