Fistfight led to fatal shooting outside Anchorage bar, police say

A model astatine Anchorage constabulary headquarters, crossed West 4th Avenue from nan Gaslight Lounge downtown. (Hannah Lies/Alaska Public Media)

Anchorage constabulary opportunity a conflict betwixt 2 women extracurricular a downtown barroom early Sunday escalated to an speech of gunfire betwixt 2 men that left 1 of nan men dead.

In an updated statement Wednesday, constabulary opportunity 2 group – Patricia Avery, 30, and Markin L. Giddins, 38 – person now been charged pinch grounds tampering successful nan shooting that killed 30-year-old Tahjeay Baldwin. Avery is besides charged pinch fourth-degree assault.

According to a charging archive against Giddins, officers responded conscionable aft 2:30 a.m. Sunday to nan Gaslight Lounge connected West 4th Avenue. They recovered Baldwin extracurricular changeable successful nan torso and different man sitting successful a adjacent car pinch a gunshot coiled successful his neck.

Police said Baldwin was taken to Providence Alaska Medical Center and declared dead. The different man, who has not been publically named aliases charged, was taken to nan Alaska Native Medical Center, wherever he was initially listed successful captious condition. According to police, he told officers “he was attacked and fought for his life.”

Investigators reviewed surveillance video from nan Gaslight and respective surrounding businesses. 

According to nan charges, nan footage showed Avery approaching and punching different female successful nan face. When nan different man progressive successful nan shooting reached toward Avery, Baldwin stepped guardant and deed him successful nan face.

“Tahjeay tin beryllium seen pulling up nan beforehand of his shirt,” constabulary wrote successful nan charging document. “(The different man) tin beryllium seen shooting astatine Tahjeay. Tahjeay fell to nan ground. Seconds later Tahjeay tin beryllium seen shooting backmost astatine (him).”

In nan minutes aft nan shooting, constabulary say, surveillance video shows Avery picking up a weapon lying adjacent Baldwin and giving it to a man officers later identified arsenic Giddins. Police opportunity Giddens dumped nan weapon successful a garbage tin down nan Gaslight. Officers later recovered nan weapon, a 9mm pistol accordant pinch six 9mm ammunition casings recovered adjacent Baldwin.

“The limb was tin of holding 6 rounds of ammunition,” constabulary said. “A constituent believed to beryllium humor was seen connected nan weapons handle.”

Police besides recovered 3 .40-caliber ammunition casings extracurricular nan bar. A .40-caliber handgun wrong nan wounded man’s car was seen jammed connected a 4th ammunition casing, pinch 21 rounds still successful its magazine.

“The crime segment squad recovered 3 evident slug defects successful nan Anchorage Police office building which is crossed nan thoroughfare from nan Gaslight bar,” constabulary said.

Court records show Avery and Giddins made first tribunal appearances Sunday. Both were released connected bail.