Javon Diggs, a 40-year-old hotel employee, was shot dead inside the Barratt Inn at 4610 Spenard Road in Anchorage on the evening of February 16, 2019. Police responded to reports of a shooting at about 8:54 PM; Diggs had sustained gunshot wounds and was declared dead shortly after officers arrived.

Investigators say a verbal disturbance preceded the shooting. A 20-year-old man, Theandrea Ignacio Luster, had come to the hotel with his mother, sister, and girlfriend because his mother believed Diggs owed her money. According to statements attributed to Luster in charging documents, Diggs shoved Luster’s mother and reached toward his belt line; Luster said he then retrieved a 9mm pistol and shot Diggs repeatedly.

Luster was arrested on February 17, 2019, and charged with first- and second-degree murder plus multiple weapons offenses. Did anyone have contact with Javon at the Barratt Inn that night or see the group before the shooting?