Robert P. Steward, a 33-year-old Black man, was killed on the evening of August 13, 2018, inside a Fairview home on the 1000 block of East 20th Avenue in Anchorage. Police were called at 7:28 p.m. and found him dead after what investigators described as a verbal altercation among family members that escalated into domestic violence. According to police, one adult male in the family produced a gun during the argument and shot the 33-year-old, then fled before officers arrived.

By the next morning detectives had obtained a warrant for second-degree murder for 47-year-old Harry J. Steward Jr., identified as the victim’s older brother. Officers were in phone contact with the suspect, who said he would surrender; at 12:28 p.m. on August 14, 2018, the 47-year-old turned himself in at the Anchorage Jail and was taken into custody. Multiple people were reported to have been in the home when the shooting occurred.

Was anyone in the Fairview neighborhood that night able to provide details about what led to the argument or who else was present?