Derek Welsh, 32, was found mortally wounded inside his vehicle in the blue hour before dawn on April 4, 2022, near Old Matanuska Road and S. B Shannon Street in Wasilla. Troopers arrived about 4:39 a.m. after neighbors reported gunfire; investigators determined Welsh had been shot multiple times while inside his car and quickly treated the scene as a homicide. Shell impacts, trajectories, and the barren stretch of roadway at Fairview Loop helped detectives reconstruct the shooting and ruled out an accident.

A key development came from an electronic ankle monitor. Location data from the device placed 25-year-old Nathan William Hooks at the intersection when shots were fired; prosecutors later charged him with first- and second-degree murder, accused of firing a shotgun at least five times into Welsh’s vehicle.

If anyone saw activity near Old Matanuska Road and S. B Shannon Street in the early hours of April 4, 2022, please share what was observed.