On August 21, 2018, 23-year-old Alexander Allen III was found dead from gunshot wounds inside a residence on Ruth Harris Way in Hopewell, Virginia. Joseph D. Wooden, 31, was also discovered deceased at the same scene; both deaths were treated by police as a double homicide. The bodies were found after Wooden’s mother became concerned when she could not reach her son.

Alexander was a Hopewell High School graduate who had been in the JROTC and was employed by Chesterfield County Schools. Family and friends remembered his love of music and dancing. The Hopewell Police Department investigated the killings and, on May 22, 2019, arrested Jamonte C. Brothers, then 33, on two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of abduction and one count of using a firearm in the commission of a felony; investigators said their work would continue to determine if others were involved.

If anyone knew Alexander or Joseph, or has information about what happened that day on Ruth Harris Way, please share what you know.