Cold Case Homicide

On Wednesday August 19, 1992, at 9 a.m., Karl Alston was fatally 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 on 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.

Karl was a 19 year old black male who had brown eyes, black hair, 5' 8" tall weighing 174 pounds.

Anyone with information about this crime is encouraged to call Virginia Beach Crime Solvers at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP .

Callers remain anonymous and could receive a reward of up to a $1,000 if their information leads to an arrest.