Alexandria’s top prosecutor is declining to bring criminal charges against officers involved in the Alexandria Police Department’s in-custody death of a Woodbridge man last summer.
Officers involved in the Aug. 15, 2025 death of Allan F. Tucker, II, will not be charged, Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter announced this afternoon (Thursday), following investigations by the medical examiner and Northern Virginia’s Critical Incident Review Team.
The CIRT investigation found officers “did not use or attempt to use force likely to cause death or serious bodily injury at any point during their interaction with the arrestee,” according to the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s report.
An autopsy by the medical examiner revealed the cause of death as “cocaine and cocaethylene intoxication.”
Tucker, 32, died in police custody while awaiting processing in a police cruiser at the Alexandria Adult Detention Center’s sally port. Tucker, who had been arrested for public intoxication, repeatedly asked officers to be taken to a hospital, according to footage from officers’ body-worn cameras.
Tucker died after waiting 35-to-40 minutes in the sally port. When officers found him, they administered Narcan due to overdose suspicions.
Officers made the arrest while responding to 911 calls about a disturbance at a residential building in the 2800 block of N. Beauregard Street. Police found Tucker unarmed and attempted to de-escalate before taking him into custody for public intoxication, APD Chief Tarrick McGuire previously stated.
The two involved officers were transitioned to administrative duties pending results of the investigations.
McGuire responded to Porter’s announcement in a statement this afternoon.
“The Alexandria Police Department continues to fully cooperate and provide all requested information in support of that review,” McGuire said. “APD remains firmly committed to accountability, ongoing evaluation of its practices, and maintaining the trust of the Alexandria community.”
Tucker’s death is also being investigated by APD’s Office of Professional Responsibility and the Office of the Independent Policing Auditor and its Independent Community Police Review Board.
A public hearing from the Independent Policing Auditor is expected in early 2026.
The prosecutor’s office said it has no role in potential civil litigation tied to the death or administrative review of police procedures.
