Christopher Johnson, a 41-year-old white man from Anchorage, was shot on the 2300 block of East 66th Avenue on April 16, 2025. Officers were dispatched at 5:04 p.m. for a disturbance involving a firearm; Johnson was found with upper-body trauma, taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, and later died. Two days later police publicly identified him after next-of-kin notifications.

Investigators say one occupant retrieved a gun from a nearby home and handed it to the driver, who chased Johnson, shot him multiple times, and fired a final shot as Johnson was on his knees and facing away. A witness recorded the final moments on a cellphone; that footage is referenced in the charges. Detectives focused on 24-year-old Mykal Nelson, who was later arrested and charged with first- and second-degree murder and booked into the Anchorage Correctional Complex. The Anchorage Police Department listed the investigation as APD 25-11492 and noted this was Anchorage’s sixth homicide of 2025 at that time.

Does anyone have information about Johnson’s movements that afternoon or witnessed the incident on East 66th Avenue?