On the afternoon of October 20, 2024, police in Anchorage responded to the 3700 block of McCain Loop in the Spenard neighborhood after a report of an unconscious person. Officers arrived about 1:40 p.m. and found 36-year-old Pacific Islander Joseph Siufanua unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the upper body; medics pronounced him deceased at the scene. The area just off Spenard Road near Minnesota Drive was closed while a crime-scene team processed evidence and canvassed for surveillance video.

Authorities described the shooting as appearing to be an isolated incident rather than a random attack and asked anyone with information or footage from the area to contact dispatch. Police initially reported no arrests and on October 21 said there was no suspect information to release. Local coverage placed Siufanua’s death within a series of shootings that week but did not add suspect names. If anyone saw activity on McCain Loop that afternoon or has relevant video, please share what is known with investigators.