The Unusual Shooting of Alex Pennig
48 Hours
CBS News
4.1 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
A nurse is found dead in her apartment. Surveillance video captures her coming home for the last time. Can investigators piece together what happened next? "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports. This episode last aired on 10/26/24.
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| 0:00.0 | 911, what is the address of your own? |
| 0:12.0 | It's a day I don't think I'll ever forget. |
| 0:15.0 | Is she alive? |
| 0:17.0 | Is she breathing? |
| 0:19.0 | No. |
| 0:20.0 | No. No. No. |
| 0:25.6 | Sheriff's vehicle pulled up, and she informed us that Alex was dead. |
| 0:32.6 | I don't remember what I did other than fall to my needs. What's her name? |
| 0:38.3 | Alex. |
| 0:40.3 | Alex loved people. |
| 0:43.3 | She was very caring. |
| 0:45.3 | She loved animals. |
| 0:46.3 | She'd bring home stray. |
| 0:47.3 | She'd bring home all kinds of things. |
| 0:49.3 | She worked a lot of years to get her degree in nursing because she truly wanted to become a nurse. |
| 0:56.0 | Thank you to my family for never once giving up on me when many times I'm sure you wanted to. |
| 1:02.0 | I talked to her at 6 o'clock that evening via text. |
| 1:06.0 | She was doing great and that was kind of the last thing. |
| 1:10.0 | Is this your apartment or Matt? |
| 1:11.6 | Is it? |
| 1:12.6 | Her apartment, I mean, it sucks. |
| 1:14.6 | You're fortunate Matt, is it Matthew? |
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