Homicide; Carrs Safeway at 11409 Business Park Boulevard in Eagle River

Update on 9/5/15:

On November 4, 2015, at about 11:00 PM, US Marshals contacted Aaron Trejo at the Holiday Store located at 2900 E. Tudor Road.  Trejo was a passenger inside of a vehicle parked in the lot at the time. 

Trejo was a person of interest in the murder of Spencer Christian Ballenger which occurred on October 30, 2015, in the parking lot of the Carrs/Safeway Grocery Store in Eagle River. 

Trejo was taken to APD headquarters where he was questioned as to his involvement in the homicide.  Following the interview, Trejo was charged with murder and failure to appear on Assault 3 charges.  Trejo was taken to the Anchorage jail where he is being held without bail.

APD would like to thank the US Marshals for their assistance in taking Trejo into custody and the public for tips they submitted through the Crime Stoppers program.

Original:

At 1:50 AM on Friday, October 30, 2015, Anchorage Police responded to Carrs Safeway in Eagle River regarding a man who had been shot and was lying in the parking lot.  Police located 26-year-old Spencer Christian Ballenger who had been shot in the chest and was declared deceased at the scene.

Police have developed a person of interest in this case and is asking for the public's help in locating 26-year-old Aaron Nathaniel Trejo.  Trejo is a Hispanic male, 5'10" tall, 250 pounds.  He has an unrelated felony warrant for Failing to Appear on an Assault III charge.

If you see Trejo, or know of his whereabouts, please call police at 786-8900 (press "0" to speak with an operator).  To remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 561-STOP or online at anchoragecrimestoppers.com

APD Case 15-43981