Just after 3 a.m. on September 9, 2025, Anchorage patrol officers were sent to the snow-dump area by Davis Park at 5081 Mountain View Drive and found two people lying outside. Police quickly treated the discovery as a homicide investigation and later identified the victims as Carl John Nielsen Jr., 44, known as CJ, and 34-year-old Sara Ashley Cummings. Investigators said evidence indicated a double shooting in the wooded tract just south of Mountain View Drive, an area long associated with a large encampment before a recent city cleanup.

Family and friends memorialized Carl Nielsen Jr., recording his date of death as September 9, 2025 and noting his ties to Anchorage. Independent victim registries listed him as lost to gun violence that same day. As of the latest public updates, no arrests, suspects, or motives had been announced and authorities were continuing to process the scene and follow leads.

Did anyone in the Anchorage area see or hear anything unusual near Davis Park around 3 a.m. on September 9 that could help investigators?