A 23-year-old Black man, Amona Sam of Anchorage, Alaska, was killed on the evening of September 9, 2025, after a confrontation in the Spenard neighborhood moved into the common area of a residence on the 1300 block of West 26th Avenue. Police were called at 7:33 p.m. and found Sam suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper body; medics pronounced him dead at the scene. Two days later authorities publicly identified the victim as 23-year-old Amona Sam after notifying next of kin.

Investigators say the sequence began as an altercation between two men who knew each other and ended when, according to police, a 20-year-old produced a firearm and fired the fatal shot before leaving the area. The man identified as the shooter, 20-year-old Matthew Siavalua, later contacted investigators and turned himself in; he was remanded at the Anchorage Correctional Complex on one count of second-degree murder and police confirmed the charging decision in the days that followed. Community memorial listings record Sam’s death and the family’s mourning.

Did anyone in Spenard on the evening of September 9 see or hear anything that could help clarify the confrontation leading up to Sam’s shooting?