A 22-year-old Anchorage man was jailed on murder charges Monday in connection with a fatal shooting Saturday in Midtown, police said
Brent Avery Smith is accused of killing 30-year-old Julian Francis Jr. next to the indoor swimming pool at the Hyatt House hotel in Midtown, according to charging documents filed in the case.filed with the charges.
First responders found Francis on the floor of the swimming pool room with a single gunshot wound to his chest, Barker wrote. He died at the scene. They moved to the pool room around 7:30 a.m. Saturday and Smith joined around that time, Barker wrote. Smith only knew one person in the group, the affidavit said.
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