Urban Alchemy worker Joey Alexander, 60, died Tuesday after being shot outside San Francisco’s Main Public Library when he ...

The Urban Alchemy worker was shot and killed on Sept. 26 in front of San Francisco's main library when he asked a man to stop ...

Joey Alexander, 60, was recently released from prison and was began working as a street ambassador in San Francisco before he ...

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BACKYARD. A LOUD, BANG RATTLING A LAWRENCE NEIGHBORHOOD EARLY THIS MORNING. AND I HEARD A LOT. BOOM, BOOM AND SAID, WOW, THIS MORNING, LIKE AROUND SIX, MAYBE 630, I HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE BANG PART OF ...