ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Jury selection began Monday in a double-homicide case from last fall in downtown Anchorage, with opening statements expected later this week, stemming from the shooting deaths of two people.
Mario Jackson, 36, was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder and four counts of second-degree murder in connection with the Oct. 17, 2025 killings, according to charging documents cited by the Alaska Department of Law.
Anchorage police have said officers were dispatched to reports of gunfire at about 8:20 p.m. that night and found both victims — a man and a woman — dead in an alcove near the Red Cross building, outside an apartment building on East Seventh Avenue. Charging documents indicated the two victims were in a dating relationship…