Diego Joe, 25, was fatally shot outside a downtown Anchorage bar after closing time on June 1, 2024. Officers on patrol heard gunfire about 2:25 a.m. on the 700 block of West 4th Avenue and found Joe in an alcove behind the Pioneer Bar, struck multiple times. A second man nearby suffered a nonfatal leg wound.

Investigators say an altercation began inside the bar when Joe and a 22-year-old man, Kaleb Bourdukofsky, exchanged words and fought after Bourdukofsky was being escorted out. Surveillance footage shows bystanders separating them, then Bourdukofsky walking away, producing a handgun and firing multiple rounds toward the group. Officers Parker Boydston and Jordan Varak chased the fleeing shooter, saw him running with a pistol and, after repeated commands to drop it, shot and wounded him about 66 seconds after the initial shooting. Bourdukofsky was hospitalized and taken into custody; an Anchorage grand jury indicted him June 7 on multiple counts including first-degree murder, and he pleaded not guilty.

Only a portion of the evidence has been described publicly; anyone with information about the shooting or who knew Diego is asked to come forward.