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Duane Fields

Case from Anchorage, AK dated Oct 21, 2020

Victim Details

Duane Fields

Male

Black / African American

Anchorage

AK

2020-10-21

48

Duane

Fields

Yes

07/17/2026

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A 48-year-old African American man named Duane Byron Fields Jr. died on the night of October 21, 2020 in Anchorage, Alaska. He was shot and killed at the Chelsea Inn Hotel in the Spenard neighborhood, where he both resided and worked. 

Earlier that evening, at about 10:20-10:22 p.m., a disturbance took place at the hotel. Fields had stepped in to help break up a fight between a woman and her assailant. After being forced out of the hotel along with another person by the assailant, the ...
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  • KTOO: ‘The system failed him’: Anchorage man shot and killed after breaking up fight
  • https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2020/10/22/anchorage-police-investigating-homicide-at-chelsea-inn-hotel/
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    I've been following the Duane Fields case, and I can't help but feel for his mother, Pearl Bingham. ... ...Read More
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