Ashlee Spann, 34, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of November 22, 2025, inside an apartment on Vassar Circle in Fairbanks after Alaska State Troopers were called about a disturbance and reports of gunfire. Troopers found Spann deceased at the scene in the West Fairbanks neighborhood near Amherst Drive and Chena Pump Road and immediately opened a homicide investigation. Neighbors reported hearing gunshots and commotion that prompted the emergency calls.

Authorities identified 27-year-old Brooklyn Whitman of Anchorage as the suspect. Investigators say an argument between Whitman and Spann inside the apartment escalated, and Whitman allegedly produced a firearm and shot Spann before fleeing. Whitman was located later the same day, arrested without incident and remanded to the Fairbanks Correctional Center on one count of first-degree murder and a count of misconduct involving weapons; an additional hearing was scheduled for December 2, 2025. No other suspects have been publicly named.

The case is being handled alongside several other firearm-related incidents in the Fairbanks area; investigators say there is no evidence the cases are directly connected but have assigned extra resources. Did anyone in the Fairbanks area see or hear anything that night that could help clarify what led up to the argument?