2 accused of murdering man in shooting near Anchorage homeless camp

An Anchorage Police patrol vehicle. (Hannah Lies/Alaska Public Media)

Two suspects person been arrested aft a Midtown Anchorage bum campy was sprayed pinch gunfire early Saturday, leaving 1 man dormant and different wounded.

Dominick L. Santana, 21, and Keilen J. Reynolds, 20, are each charged pinch second-degree murder, manslaughter, weapons misconduct and first-degree and third-degree battle successful nan decease of 30-year-old Farrel Siulua, according to a statement from Anchorage police. 

A charging archive against Reynolds specifications what constabulary opportunity happened:

Officers heard gunfire conscionable aft 1 a.m. Saturday adjacent East 40th Avenue and Fairbanks Street, astatine a bum campy down a Home Depot store. When they responded, they saw 2 group astatine a region get into a dark-colored SUV, which headed eastbound connected Fairbanks past northbound connected nan Old Seward Highway.

Siulua was recovered on Fairbanks Street pinch a gunshot coiled to nan torso. Officers attempted first aid, but he was declared dormant astatine nan scene. The wounded man, who was changeable successful nan ft while lying successful a tent, told constabulary things had been quiet conscionable anterior to nan gunfire. He was taken to a infirmary for treatment.

Investigators recovered a 2nd tent, arsenic good arsenic 2 different vehicles being lived successful that had slug holes successful them. They besides said pinch nan occupants of a pickup motortruck that arrived during nan shooting and was besides struck by gunfire.

Police recovered much than a twelve ammunition casings adjacent wherever nan SUV had been parked, astatine nan intersection of Fairbanks and East 40th.

“Officers saw a humor way starring from nan area of nan ammunition casings to wherever Siulua was discovered,” constabulary said successful nan charging document.

Other witnesses told constabulary that nan shooting took spot aft 2 men had robbed a man successful a sedan, drafting a consequence from nan camp.

“Witnesses successful nan area saw nan robbery and started yelling astatine nan suspects and pursuing them,” constabulary said. “Witnesses heard gunfire aft that.”

At slightest 2 group told constabulary they had seen nan robbery. One witnesser said that astir 10 minutes aft campers chased nan robbery suspects away, they returned and opened fire.

“(The witness) believed that they were shooting indiscriminately,” constabulary said.

Police distributed a elaborate explanation of nan acheronian SUV, which was spotted and stopped conscionable aft 10:15 a.m. Saturday adjacent 9th Avenue and C Street. It was being driven by nan female who owned it, pinch Reynolds arsenic a passenger, according to nan charging document.

Reynolds was allegedly wearing an ankle monitor, pinch GPS information placing him successful nan area astatine nan clip of nan shooting. An serviceman who visited Reynolds’ location connected Friday to springiness him a artillery for nan show said he saw him pinch a man matching nan different suspect’s explanation from witnesses.

The charging archive says that erstwhile constabulary confronted Reynolds pinch nan GPS information and nan officer’s relationship from nan erstwhile day, he allegedly said nan different man seen astatine his location Friday was Santana, his cousin.

At astir 6 p.m. Saturday, constabulary took Santana into custody astatine nan Fred Meyer connected Abbott Loop. Investigators said he initially told them he was successful Muldoon astatine nan clip of nan shooting. When constabulary showed him their evidence, nan charges say, he allegedly admitted to being successful nan area but denied he was progressive successful nan gunfire.

According to nan charges, Reynolds later told officers he had visited nan campy pinch nan SUV driver that greeting to bargain fentanyl from nan driver of nan sedan. He said he asked Santana to travel him, and that nan woody was going good until Santana pulled a weapon and lunged into nan sedan. Reynolds, who allegedly said he was equipped only pinch “a very realistic looking airsoft handgun,” told constabulary he ran backmost to nan SUV and didn’t spot what Santana did aft that, nan charging archive said.

“Keilen said he and Dominck sewage backmost to nan conveyance (and) fled nan area,” constabulary said successful nan charges. “Keilen said group were coming retired of nan area successful respective directions shooting astatine their car.”

Reynolds and Santana were successful custody Monday astatine nan Anchorage Correctional Complex.