Joseph Bruce Massey, a 23-year-old African-American man, was shot and killed in downtown Anchorage just after bar-close on March 2, 1996, around 3:00 a.m. He was sitting in the passenger seat of a blue Nissan four-door when a confrontation at the intersection of 5th Avenue and H Street escalated. Witnesses reported a tense exchange between the Nissan’s occupants and people in other vehicles.

According to witness accounts, a man associated with a red-and-black Ford full-sized Bronco produced a firearm and opened fire. Massey was struck in the head and died at the scene; a 25-year-old friend, Michael Ford, was wounded but survived. Witnesses also described a silver-and-gray Ford Contour and a red-and-white Ford Bronco traveling with the red-and-black Bronco around the Nissan before the shooting.

Those vehicle descriptions were cited early by investigators, but no vehicle has been publicly tied conclusively to a shooter and no arrests were announced. Does anyone have information about those vehicles or the people seen near 5th and H the morning of March 2, 1996?