On the morning of February 5, 2023, a violent encounter on a dead-end street in Portsmouth, Virginia, left 51-year-old Alvin Joyner dead. He and his twin brother, Calvin Joyner, and a 61-year-old female companion were in Alvin’s vehicle in the 1800 block of Nashville Avenue after Alvin had offered two strangers a ride. According to the lone survivor’s testimony, one passenger, Joseph Cross, produced a gun, demanded money and opened fire, killing Alvin first and then Calvin after Calvin reportedly lunged at Cross. The woman was shot in the neck, shoulder and jaw and survived by feigning death; she later crawled to a nearby house for help.

Cross and his girlfriend, Shamoine Briggs, left in the Joyners’ vehicle, which was later found burning less than a mile away; prosecutors said the fire was intended to destroy evidence. Cross was arrested and tried; a jury found him guilty of all charges, including two counts of first-degree murder, aggravated murder, aggravated malicious wounding, robbery, carjacking and multiple firearm counts. Briggs was also charged in connection with the crimes.

Does anyone have information about the Joyners’ movements that night or recall seeing the vehicle on Nashville Avenue?