Homicide; 100-block Price Street
UPDATE ON 3/2/2026:
From the Attorney General’s Office
Dashawn Street Sentenced to 73 Years for the Murder of One Man and Attempted Murder of a Second Man
March 2, 2026 (Anchorage, Alaska) – Last week, Dashawn Street, currently 32 years old, was sentenced to serve a composite sentence of 88 years in prison, with 15 years suspended and 73 years to serve, for murder and attempted murder.
The charges stemmed from two separate shooting incidents that took place on Sept. 29, 2018 that resulted in the death of one victim and the near-death of a second victim. On April 29, 2025, following a three-week trial, a jury convicted Street of Murder in the First Degree, Attempted Murder in the First Degree and Misconduct Involving a Weapon in the Third Degree. The evidence proved that on the evening of Sept. 28, 2018, Street went out to various clubs in the Anchorage area with friends. At one point in the evening, Street was at a Holiday gas station, where he encountered the first victim, Donald Wells. The men did not know each other and had a very brief exchange of words while passing one another at the store’s entrance.
Hours later, in the early morning hours of Sept. 29, 2018, Street saw Wells at a taco stand in a south Anchorage parking lot. Street shot Wells without provocation and fled in his white Volvo SUV with a vanity tag that read, “STREET.” With the assistance of other citizens, Wells was rushed to a local hospital and after hours of surgery, he survived the multiple gunshot injuries inflicted by Street.
Less than 2 hours later, a second shooting incident happened at an apartment complex on Price Street. Street arrived and was talking to another man on a balcony porch outside of a residence. A man from a neighboring residence, Fa’avae Seau, interjected himself into the discussion happening between Street and his acquaintance. Street shot Seau and fled the scene. Police officers and medics responded and Seau ultimately died from the gunshot wounds inflicted by Street. Among the evidence that linked Street to both shooting incidents was eyewitness descriptions of the shooter and shell casings that the Alaska State Crime Lab matched from both crime scenes and the white Volvo SUV being driven by Street.
Superior Court Judge Greg Miller presided over the trial and sentencing in Anchorage. The State had recommended a sentence of 85 years to serve. Judge Miller imposed a sentence of 75 years with 15 years suspended for the murder of Fa’avae Seau, 50 years with 10 years to run consecutive to the murder sentence for the attempted murder of Donald Wells, and 5 years with 3 years to run consecutive to the other two counts. This results in a composite active term of incarceration of 73 years to serve. The court imposed 10 years of probation to follow the active term of imprisonment.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Paul J. Miovas, Jr. and Assistant District Attorney Andrew Wright with the assistance of victim witness paralegal Amanda Runyan. Deputy District Attorney Betsy Bull also indicted and assisted with the case. The case was investigated by the Anchorage Police Department Homicide Detective Unit, with critical forensic testing completed by the Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory.
UPDATE ON 4/29/2025:
From the Attorney General’s Office
DaShawn Street Convicted of Murder and Attempted Murder for Two Separate Shootings in 2018
On 04/29/2025, an Anchorage jury found Dashawn Anthony Street, a 31-year-old Mountain View resident, guilty of Murder in the First Degree and Attempted Murder for killing one man and nearly killing another within 90 minutes of each other in the early morning hours of Sept. 29, 2018. The trial lasted three weeks, and the jury heard from civilian and law enforcement witnesses regarding the events that took place between 12:30 a.m. and 5 a.m. that day.
After having a brief encounter at a Holiday gas station in Muldoon with the first victim, Donald Wells, Street saw Wells again at a taco truck in a Dimond Boulevard parking lot. Street and Wells, then age 33, did not know each other and had no prior interactions aside from at the Holiday station approximately three hours earlier. The evidence presented demonstrated that Street approached the unarmed Wells in the parking lot while Wells was getting his food and shot him twice and then fled the scene. Wells narrowly made it to the hospital in time and survived the gunshots after a series of complex surgeries.
Following the shooting of Wells in the Dimond parking lot, Street went to a Mountain View residence about an hour-and-a-half later, where a friend of his was staying. Street went up to the third-floor balcony to see his friend, where the second victim, Fa'avae Seau, was on the balcony as well. Seau, 24, lived in the neighboring apartment. Street shot Seau once in the chest with the same firearm that was used to shoot Wells; Street and Seau had never met before. Seau did not survive the single gunshot.
At trial, Street claimed he acted in self-defense when he shot Mr. Wells and he claimed that another man, not him, shot and killed Mr. Seau. The jury rejected those defenses and found him guilty.
The case was investigated by many dedicated officers and detectives at the Anchorage Police Department, primarily by Detective Dave Cordie and Detective Michael Wisel.
Update on 10-5-18:
After an extensive and aggressive investigation, detectives with the Homicide Unit determined one suspect is responsible for this investigation and the shooting investigation that took place prior in the 8800 block of the Old Seward Highway.
Around 3:30 a.m. on 9/29/18, the victim was shot multiple times in the lower body by the suspect outside of a food truck in the 8800 block of the Old Seward Highway. The suspect walked away and fled the scene in a vehicle. The victim ran back to his vehicle and his adult female passenger transported him to a local hospital with life threatening injuries.
Around 4:50 a.m. that same morning, the same suspect shot an adult male in the hallway of an apartment complex in the 100 block of Price Street. The victim was shot once in the upper body and died at the hospital. The suspect fled the scene in a vehicle. See additional details below.
Once detectives identified the suspect, they activated the Investigative Support Unit (ISU) to locate him.
This morning, around 11:30 a.m., officers with ISU located the suspect at a residence in the 1400 block of Medfra Street. He attempted to flee in a vehicle and rammed several APD vehicles trying to escape. He was taken into custody, questioned by detectives and transported to the Anchorage jail. No officers were injured.
The suspect has been identified as Dashawn Street (25 years old). He faces multiple charges including Murder 1, Murder 2, Attempted Murder 1 and Assault 1.
For more information on the shooting investigation, click here: http://local.nixle.com/alert/6835492/
Update 9/30/18 7 p.m.:
Next of kin procedures have been completed.
The victim has been identified as Fa'avea Seau (24 years old).
Detectives have determined this to be an isolated incident.
Update 9/29/18 1:50 p.m.:
The victim has died as a result of his injuries.
This is now a homicide investigation.
The name of the victim is not being released at this time pending next of kin procedures.
Detectives continue to ask for the public's help.
Anyone with any information about this investigation, including surveillance video, is asked to call Dispatch at 311 (option #1) or Crime Stoppers to remain anonymous at 907-561-STOP.
Original:
On 9/29/18 around 4:50 a.m., Dispatch received a report of a shooting in the 100 block of Price Street.
The preliminary investigation found that there was an altercation in front of an apartment complex in the 100 block of Price Street. An adult male was shot in the upper body and transported to a local hospital with life threatening injuries.
Detectives are questioning several people.
There is no suspect information to release at this time.
Anyone with any information about this investigation, including surveillance video, is asked to call Dispatch at 311 (option #1) or Crime Stoppers to remain anonymous at 907-561-STOP.
APD Case: 18-39263
