HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION: 8th Ave and Cordova St

HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION: 8th Ave and Cordova St

 APD CASE: 25-32187

 DATE/TIME OF INCIDENT: October 17, 2025, 8:21 PM

 CURRENT STATUS: Inital Report

 NARRATIVE: At 8:21 PM on October 17, 2025, officers responded to the intersection of 8th Ave and Cordova St in reference to a shooting. When officers arrived, they found a deceased adult male and deceased adult female with trauma to the upper body.

 Both victim’s identity will be released once next-of-kin notification procedures are complete.

 The Crime Scene Team has responded to process the scene.

Anyone with information regarding this incident, to include surveillance footage of the area, is asked to contact Police Dispatch at 3-1-1 (option #1) or (907)786-8900 (option #0).  Police are currently following up on leads and there is no suspect information to release at this time.  The motive, and any relationship between the parties involved, is under investigation.

UPDATE OCTOBER 19, 2025: 36-year-old Mario Jackson has been remanded to Anchorage Jail on 2 counts of Murder I and 2 counts of Murder II.