Homicide Investigation on the 100-block of W Dimond Boulevard

Update 6/16/23

The victim has been identified as 51-year-old John Martin III. Next-of-kin notification procedures have been completed.

Update 6/16/23

Initial indications are that the victim and the suspect had a verbal altercation during which the suspect produced a gun and shot the victim multiple times, then fled the area. The suspect, later identified as 32-year-old Ryan Dummler, was located and taken into custody by the Investigative Support Unit without incident. The motive for the shooting and whether or not the victim and suspect were known to each other is still under investigation. Dummler was remanded at the Anchorage Jail on charges of Murder 1 and Murder 2.

The victim’s identity will be released once next-of-kin notification procedures have been completed.

The Anchorage Police Department would like to thank the citizens and businesses in the area for providing information to dispatch and homicide detectives that led to solving this crime swiftly.

Original 6/15/2023

The Anchorage Police Department would like to thank the citizens and businesses in the area for providing information to dispatch and homicide detectives that lead to solving this crime swiftly.

At 5:01 AM on June 15, 2023, Anchorage Police responded to the 100-block of W Dimond Boulevard regarding a report of shots being heard in the vicinity.  Upon arrival a deceased adult male was found in a parking lot; the victim has at least one gunshot wound to the upper body. APD’s Crime Scene Team will be responding to process the area.

No arrests have been made.  Anyone with information regarding this incident, to include surveillance footage of the area, is asked to call Police Dispatch at 3-1-1 (option #1) or 907-786-8900 (option 0).

APD Case 23-19181