Richard James Carns, 40, was shot and killed inside a home on the 1900 block of Orca Street in Anchorage just after dawn on February 19, 2002. Around 6 a.m. an intruder forced entry; Carns rose to confront the stranger and, in the narrow space of the house, the intruder produced a gun and fired. Carns died at the scene and the gunman fled, leaving a shaken household.

Witnesses described the shooter as a Black male in his mid-20s of average height and build. Police treated the case as a home-invasion killing, and Crime Stoppers and the Anchorage Police Department appealed for tips using the timeline—approximately 6 a.m., forced entry, confrontation, gunfire at the Orca Street residence. No arrests were announced and no suspect has been publicly identified.

Does anyone remember details from that neighborhood or saw someone matching the description around Orca Street the morning of February 19, 2002?