Overview

• Hundreds of Urban Alchemy workers and community leaders gathered on the steps of City Hall to honor Joey Alexander.
• Alexander, 60, was fatally shot Sept. 26 outside the Main Library while on shift after he asked someone to stop using drugs, according to Urban Alchemy.
• District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has charged Edmund Bowen with murder and assault with a firearm in the killing.
• Mayor Daniel Lurie ordered additional foot patrols in the Civic Center area, and officials said police presence has increased day and night.
• Community advocates renewed calls to confront open-air drug use, and Cedric Akbar shared surveillance video of a separate weekend shooting outside his SoMa center.