Police: Altercation over dumpster fire led to shooting

A dumpster fireplace was the apparent inspiration behind a fatal taking pictures Friday in downtown Fairbanks, in accordance to a city news release.

Fairbanks police officers arrested 42-calendar year-aged Fairbanks resident Matthew Lee Myers Friday afternoon after responding to studies of a capturing on Cushman Street and Initial Avenue close to the Springhill Suites lodge.

The sufferer, discovered as 26-12 months-old Rolando Pressley, was taken to Fairbanks Memorial Medical center for several gunshot wounds from a Glock 9mm firearm but was pronounced useless just after arriving.

According to the information release, Myers explained to FPD detectives that he was upset with the sufferer “after viewing him get started a dumpster fireplace in close proximity to Myers’ home previously in the working day.”

“Myers stated he experienced still left his house with his firearm with the intent of obtaining Pressley and offering him a piece of his head,” the launch states. Immediately after confronting Pressley about the hearth, Myers mentioned the sufferer turned all-around and lunged at him.

Myers told detectives that he “he took his gun out of his holster” and shot the victim a number of occasions. The launch said Myers was aiming for center mass and continued to shoot following Pressley was on the floor.

Numerous close by witnesses documented seeing Myers taking pictures the target immediately after he was previously on the floor. Investigating officers found 8 expended cartridges in the space.

Following the capturing begun, various Department of Community Protection court docket provider officers from the close by courthouse immediately responded to the scene just after listening to the gunfire and took Myers into custody.

DPS officers and Fairbanks Fire Department medics tried existence-preserving endeavours on the target in advance of he was transported to the healthcare facility. Myers was arrested on fees of murder in the 1st diploma and booked into the Fairbanks Correctional Middle.

Anybody with data regarding this homicide ought to speak to Detective Rob Hall at [email protected] or 907-450-6468.

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