KTVU FOX 2 Unsolved: Aspiring rapper killed in Berkeley KTVU Fox 2 Unsolved: Aspiring rapper killed in Berkeley It's been almost five years since aspiring rapper Alex Goodwin, 22, was shot and killed outside his grandmother's home in Berkeley. BERKELEY, Calif. - It's been almost five years since aspiring rapper Alex Goodwin, 22, was shot and killed outside his grandmother's home in Berkeley. For Patterson, not a day goes by that she doesn't miss her grandson. "He was my right hand. Anything he could do for his grandmother, he would do," Patterson said. "We’re still healing from this because it was just like nonsense, like a bad dream."