Kikite Leu Fatu was a 29-year-old Hawaiian Native woman who had moved north for a fresh start. On the evening of February 24, 2025, she was inside a friend’s motorhome at Davis Park in Anchorage’s Mountain View neighborhood when a bullet fired from outside pierced the wall and struck her as she slept on a couch. Officers arrived about 7 p.m.; medics took her to Providence Alaska Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead that night.

Detectives gathered witness accounts describing a violent confrontation outside the motorhome just before the gunfire. Charging documents identify a 26-year-old man as the shooter; one witness told police he fired toward the vehicle after grabbing and choking a woman during the melee, and that the round through the wall killed the woman inside. A relative said the suspect later called and apologized, saying the bullet wasn’t for her. A warrant named John Patea Jr., 26, on counts including second-degree murder, manslaughter, and third-degree assault; officers located and arrested him on March 6, 2025.

Family remembrances emphasized her easy smile and attempts to rebuild her life away from home. Does anyone have information about what happened at Davis Park that night or knew Kikite Leu Fatu?