Travonne Tyki Ward was 24 when he was brought to a hospital in Anchorage on the afternoon of December 13, 2016, after suffering a gunshot wound to the head. A woman driving a Volkswagen dropped him at the emergency entrance and spoke with officers; the same vehicle was found in the hospital parking lot. Ward was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Investigators determined the group had been parked at Alaska Laser Wash, 5500 Lake Otis Parkway, moments earlier. Inside the Volkswagen, Richard E. Helme, 19, fired a handgun; the bullet struck Ward in the head. Helme and another passenger ran from the scene while the female driver rushed Ward to the hospital. An 18-year-old, Blake Russell McBirney, was initially named a person of interest but spoke with investigators the following day. Ten days after the shooting, on December 23, detectives obtained a warrant and arrested Helme on manslaughter, tampering with evidence, and third-degree misconduct involving a weapon charges.

Does anyone have information about the events at the car wash that afternoon or about the people who were with Ward?