Tyshaun Gray, a 36-year-old Alaskan Native from Anchorage, was found dead at about 1:00 p.m. on April 9, 2018, inside a residence in the 1100-block of Chugach Way in the Spenard neighborhood. What began as a suspicious death was quickly reclassified as a homicide under APD Case 18-14326. Detectives processed the scene and interviewed witnesses, describing the death as an isolated incident occurring inside the home in daylight.

Early in the investigation police identified 23-year-old Thomas Horton as a person of interest and sought a 43-year-old witness, Oinree Devoe. By April 11 detectives had contacted Devoe, identified a second witness, 24-year-old Cassandra Pitka, and were still trying to locate an unnamed adult male whom witnesses placed at the scene. Horton turned himself in that evening and was jailed on a third-degree weapons misconduct charge as a felon in possession; additional charges were noted as possible. Pitka turned herself in and spoke with detectives on April 13, while the search for the unnamed male continued. Authorities did not publicly disclose how Gray died in the immediate aftermath, though some later remembrance lists recorded his death on April 9, 2018.

If anyone knew Tyshaun Gray, the household on Chugach Way, or saw anything in Spenard that afternoon, please share what is known with investigators.