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Elijah Zeller

Case from Anchorage, AK dated Jul 30, 2016

Victim Details

Elijah Zeller

December 14, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Anchorage

AK

2016-07-30

2016-07-30

18

Elijah

Zeller

07/05/2026


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Elijah Zeller, an 18-year-old Black male from Anchorage, was fatally shot in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, July 30, 2016. Just after 2:00 a.m., police were alerted that an 18-year-old had been dropped at a local hospital with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. Authorities later identified the victim as Elijah Zeller, and opened a homicide investigation as the city reeled from a spate of summer shootings.

Detectives initially struggled to determine where the sho ...
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  • Anchorage police ask for public's help in fatal shooting of 18-year-old
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