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James Lucas Moren

Case from Anchorage, AK dated Dec 24, 2016

Victim Details

James Moren

Male

White / Caucasian

Anchorage

AK

2016-12-24

41

James

Lucas Moren

Yes

07/11/2026

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White/Caucasian male, age 41, James Lucas Moren stepped out into the cold darkness just after bar break on December 24, 2016, slipping into the alley behind the Gaslight Bar in downtown Anchorage. It was about 3 a.m. when he left the Fourth Avenue crowd; police later said cameras had tracked him inside the bar, with another man shadowing his exit into the narrow lot. Moments later, shots cut the quiet. Officers on foot patrol heard the gunfire and converged on the alley. There, according to inve ...
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  • Two Arrested in Fatal Shooting of 41-Year-Old Anchorage Man
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