Josiah Michael Goecker, 34, was shot and killed on October 23, 2023, inside the leasing office of the Alpine Apartments in Anchorage, Alaska. Goecker was the community director and had posted a notice of non-renewal earlier that day because a tenant’s name was not on the lease. A tenant, Jesse Lee Jones, reportedly entered the office to confront Goecker and another employee about the notice.

Officers who responded that day found Goecker with a gunshot wound to the upper body; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Charging documents say the encounter escalated when Jones allegedly drew a handgun, experienced a malfunction, and struggled with Goecker. Jones is accused of removing the magazine, fixing the gun, then firing multiple times, striking Goecker; another employee in the office later reported Jones had threatened to shoot her as well. Jones fled the scene after the shooting and was sought by police.

If anyone has information about Josiah Goecker, the confrontation at the Alpine Apartments on October 23, 2023, or Jones’s movements that day, please come forward with what you know.