On the night of January 28, 2018, 52-year-old Carl R. Bowie Jr. was killed by gunfire inside a mobile home at the Penguin Trailer Court near 36th Avenue and Arctic Boulevard in Anchorage’s Spenard neighborhood. Calls about the shooting began around 8:15 p.m., with witnesses describing people scattering into the winter night. Police pronounced Bowie dead at the scene from gunshot wounds.

The investigation identified multiple suspects over time. In mid-2018 detectives charged 18-year-old Austin Cottrell with second-degree murder, kidnapping, and second-degree robbery; in September 2018 they named 49-year-old Linda Richards, who was later located and arrested in Eastpointe, Michigan. In February 2022 a grand jury in Anchorage indicted 36-year-old Tristan Jamall Grant on second-degree murder, robbery, and kidnapping, alleging he killed Bowie outside a Spenard residence during the January 2018 incident. Bowie’s obituaries noted a 1965 birthdate and ties to West Anchorage High School.

If anyone knew Carl Bowie Jr. or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.