Alex Thanapong Yu

Death by Force

On a summer night in Anchorage, 18-year-old Asian, Alex Thanapong Yu, a male, stepped into the Alano Club on Spenard Road—a sober space that often hosted late-night gatherings for teens and young adults—just hours before July 18, 2015 would begin to blur into grief. Shortly after 1 a.m., gunfire broke the thrum of music and movement. Police converged on 3103 Spenard Road and found 18-year-old Alex Thanapong Yu, male, mortally wounded; medics could not save him. By early afternoon, authoritie ...Read More

KTUU.com: Teen charged in connection with July fatal shooting in Spenard club

KTUU.com: Victim of deadly Spenard shooting identified as Alex Thanapong Yu, 18

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