Shawn Erik Reid, 34, was found mortally wounded in Anchorage on March 21, 2007, and pronounced dead at the scene. A passerby had reported a dark-blue Chevy Tahoe parked oddly on a roadway near Fairbanks Street in the early morning; officers discovered blood inside the SUV and Reid collapsed in a ditch nearby. The vehicle’s interior was described as spattered, and accounts indicate the assault began in or around the Tahoe.

Anchorage police determined the incident was a murder-suicide. Reid, born January 28, 1973, in Honolulu and raised in Washington State, was a 1992 South Kitsap High School graduate who later worked in Anchorage, including at Home Depot and the Cattle Company. A memorial service was held at Rabbit Creek Community Church.