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Alvin Joyner

Case from Portsmouth, VA dated Feb 05, 2023

Victim Details

Alvin Joyner

Male

Black / African American

Portsmouth

VA

2023-02-05

51

Alvin

Joyner

06/29/2026

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In the early morning hours of February 5, 2023, a violent encounter on a dead-end street in Portsmouth, Virginia, claimed the life of 51-year-old Alvin Joyner, a Black male. What began as an offer of a ride to two strangers ended in a tragic triple shooting that also took the life of his twin brother, Calvin Joyner, and left a 61-year-old female companion critically wounded. The group was in Alvin's vehicle in the 1800 block of Nashville Avenue when one of the passengers, Joseph Cross, suddenly ...
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  • WAVY.com: Twin brothers killed in Portsmouth shooting that injured 3rd person
  • News 3 WTKR Norfolk: 2 men killed in Portsmouth shooting were twins: Police
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