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Joseph Massey

Case from Anchorage, AK dated Mar 02, 1996

Victim Details

Joseph Massey

December 14, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Anchorage

AK

1996-03-02

1996-03-02

23

Joseph

Massey

07/19/2026


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African-American/Black male Joseph Bruce Massey, 23, stepped into Anchorage's late-winter darkness just after bar-close on March 2, 1996. Around 3:00 a.m., as he rode shotgun in a blue Nissan four-door near the intersection of 5th Avenue and H Street downtown, a street-corner confrontation sparked. Witnesses later recalled a tense exchange between the Nissan's occupants and people in other vehicles idling nearby, the kind of quick escalation that can turn a cold night volatile in a heartbeat. ...
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