Rick F. Moa, a 33-year-old Pacific Islander born in American Samoa, was shot on the evening of November 6, 2020, near Mountain View Drive and North Bliss Street in Anchorage. Officers responding to reports of shots fired found Moa gravely wounded near a gas station; he was taken to a hospital and later died. Early reports say an argument at a homeless camp in the Mountain View neighborhood escalated into a fight and gunfire.

Within days detectives identified and booked a suspect. Police later named the suspect as Peejay Her, then 52, and initially charged him with second-degree murder, third-degree misconduct involving weapons, and evidence tampering. A grand jury subsequently returned an indictment listing first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary, third-degree misconduct involving weapons, and first-degree tampering with physical evidence in connection with Moa’s killing. Authorities characterized the charges as allegations and the investigation was ongoing.

If anyone has surveillance footage or information about the shooting near Mountain View Drive and North Bliss Street on November 6, 2020, please come forward.