Karl Alson
- Age
- 19
- Gender
- M
- Race
- Black
- Height
- 5'8"
- Weight
- 174 lbs
- Eye color
- brown
- Hair color
- black
#1992-165770Tier-2 extracted
Karl Alson
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Aug 19, 1992
Recovery location
Virginia Beach, VA
Coordinates
36.7553, -76.0597
Days open
12,345
Victim
ExtractedCase narrative
Source text · highlightedOn Wednesday, August 19, 1992, Karl Alston was shot while standing in the 1000 block of Atlantis Drive. A black male who appeared to be about 5' 8" weighing around 145 pounds with a medium build was seen with a gun in the area where Karl was gunned down. This suspect was wearing a red and blue polo shirt, baggy blue jeans with black and white tennis shoes. He also had a black baseball cap on. His accomplice is also a black male, 5'5" tall with a thin build, short cut hair on the sides with dreadlocks in the top. The two suspects were seen getting into a tan two door Buick with the shorter black male driving. The Buick may be a Regal with a tan vinyl top.
Modus operandi
Tier-1 + Tier-2Weaponfirearm
Locationpublic_outdoor
Date1992-08-19
Address1000 block of Atlantis Drive
Ageuncertain
Genderuncertain
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Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 36.7553
- Longitude
- -76.0597
- Precision
- —
- Address
- 1000 Block of Atlantis Drive
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