Overview
- Anchorage police say Matthew Becker, 61, was located dead in a wooded area less than two days after the shootings tied to their investigation.
- Court records describe an attempted ambush at his ex-wife’s hair salon, including a tampered front lock and gunfire as she arrived to open the business.
- The ex-wife escaped, called 911, and officers later found her 87-year-old father fatally shot at their home with evidence of rounds fired through a rear window.
- Becker had been identified as the suspect in both the attempted shooting and the homicide, according to Anchorage police and court filings.
- Family told reporters Becker had a recent terminal cancer diagnosis, a claim that has been reported but not confirmed by medical authorities.