This week’s cold case project focuses on the still‑unsolved killing of 23‑year‑old Gibson Moore in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID) in April 2022.
His mother, Kate Tunsvik, is still searching for answers, and there is a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and charges.
“He was 23 at the time. He was fun, funny, he was smart. He could fix anything. He wasn’t just handy; he was principled and kind to everyone around him,” Tunsvik said. “He was just accepting of everyone. He didn’t stand for bigotry or racism or being homophobic or anything; he just accepted everybody; he was just a good guy, he really was.”
The night of the killing
In April 2022, Gibson and his girlfriend were heading home to their apartment in the CID. When they couldn’t get in through the front door, they walked around to the side of the building. There, they saw another tenant they knew, someone they’d been out with earlier that night, arguing with three men. Gibson stepped in to help…