On July 20, 2018, 31-year-old Black woman Brittany Sparks was shot and killed inside an apartment on the 600 block of North Hoyt Street in the Mountain View neighborhood of Anchorage. The shooting was initially reported as an accidental discharge; responding officers and medics found her dead on the apartment floor with a fatal head wound.

Detectives focused on 36-year-old Clint Registe, who lived at the apartment. Investigators and later federal court filings say Registe admitted he had been handling a Mak-90 rifle when it fired, striking the victim. A neighbor heard the gunshot and entered the unit; Registe told that neighbor to call 911, said he intended to turn himself in, and then fled. Anchorage Police obtained a felony arrest warrant charging Registe with manslaughter and later arrested him in September 2018 after a citizen tip. Federal prosecutors also charged him with being a felon in possession of a firearm; he pleaded guilty and received a federal sentence in 2020.

Does anyone have information about Brittany’s last known movements or about the apartment on North Hoyt Street that could shed light on what happened that night?