One man is dead and another in custody after a fatal shooting in South Anchorage on Wednesday.
Anchorage police have charged 23-year-old Andrew Robertson-Goughnour with 1st- and 2nd-degree murder, in the death of 19-year-old Brandon Merritt.
According to an APD release, the two got into a verbal altercation at the Holiday gas station on Abbott Road, when Merritt approached Goughnour’s vehicle.
Goughnour produced a firearm and shot Merritt once.
Police say Goughnour remained at the scene and was taken into custody.
Merritt’s next of kin have been notified.