Laron Roberts, 36, was found dead inside a parked vehicle the morning of April 28, 2019, along the 1000 block of East 20th Avenue in Anchorage, near Woodside Park by Chester Creek. Police were called at about 10:13 a.m.; observations at the scene brought detectives and the Crime Scene Team, and the medical examiner and police determined Roberts had been shot in the upper body. Next of kin were notified and the death was classified as a homicide.

Authorities publicly identified Roberts the following days and asked for anyone with information or surveillance footage from the area to come forward. Local reporting noted the vehicle’s location along the edge of the parkland and described the wound as consistent with a fatal shooting; there was no announcement of an arrest in Roberts’s case and appeals for tips remained active. If anyone saw activity near East 20th Avenue or Woodside Park on April 28, 2019, or has footage that could help, please share what is known with police.