On the morning of October 20, 2021, 73-year-old Nelson Alexander Sr. stopped at a walk-up ATM in Falls Church, Virginia, around 5:20 a.m. A masked man with a small revolver approached and, after Alexander dropped his wallet, shot him once in the chest. The shooter fled in a Nissan Murano that had been stolen from Alexandria the night before and left without taking Alexander’s belongings. Alexander lay wounded in the parking lot until a passing bicyclist found him; he was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries on October 23.

Investigators used surveillance footage, public tips, digital and forensic evidence to trace the stolen Murano and the people seen near where it was taken. In April 2022 authorities announced two arrests: 19-year-old Timothy Kashaun Bradshaw Robinson of Falls Church, identified as the getaway driver, and a 17-year-old male from Washington, D.C., identified as the shooter. Both were charged with felony murder, robbery, and firearm offenses; prosecutors said they intended to charge the juvenile as an adult.

Anyone who knew Alexander, known to family as Uncle Bird, or who has information about the events that morning is asked to come forward.