Anchorage police investigate fatal shooting in Dimond Boulevard parking lot

Anchorage police say they are investigating an early morning shooting that left a man dead in a West Dimond Boulevard parking lot Thursday.

No arrests had been made as of Thursday afternoon, according to the Anchorage Police Department.

Someone heard shots in the area of the 100 block of West Dimond just after 5 a.m. Thursday and called 911, according to a police spokeswoman. Arriving officers found the man dead in a parking lot with “at least one gunshot wound to the upper body,” police said. Generally, police only identify wounds as being to the upper body or lower body.

The man was visible on the ground near King Street midmorning Thursday. A blanket partly covered his lower legs and bare feet as a crime scene investigator examined evidence nearby, and several evidence markers had been placed near the body. No additional information was available Thursday about who the man was, or the circumstances surrounding his death.

The State Medical Examiner’s Office transported the body from the parking lot for an autopsy.

Citing the ongoing investigation, a spokeswoman did not respond to additional questions about the shooting.

This is the 10th homicide in Anchorage this year, according to police data.

Police are asking anyone with information or surveillance footage of the area to call dispatch at 311 (option 1) or 907-786-8900 (option 0).

Photojournalist Loren Holmes contributed to this story.