Updated Monday, March 16 at 11:30 a.m.
A 27-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with an early morning homicide in Spenard that left one man dead.
At 2:21 a.m. Monday, APD responded to a trailer on the 2400 block of McRae Road. There they found a 56-year-old male victim, who was taken to a local hospital with a life-threatening stab wound to the upper chest, according to court documents.
The man was pronounced dead at approximately 4 a.m., police said. Eric Carlson, 27, and two females — who all lived in the trailer — were taken to APD headquarters for questioning.
According to police, witnesses reported Carlson “grabbed a large knife and stabbed his roommate with it.” One of the women also living in the home, who called 911 to report the stabbing, told APD she was the victim’s girlfriend and they had lived together for about 3 years.
The woman went on to explain the events of the incident, saying that the four individuals “were drinking, watched a movie and ate dinner together,” court documents say. The woman and the victim fell asleep on the couch. She told police he “got up from the couch to use the bathroom and that she did not wake up again until the victim came into the living room saying he was stabbed.” The woman told APD she then saw Carlson walk into the kitchen and put a knife into the wood block, according to court documents — an incident the second woman in the house also remembers.
Carlson told police he and the others in the house drank one 40 ounce beer, 10 shooters and seven beers. According to court documents, Carlson admitted to stabbing the victim after he “said a smart remark,” court documents say. He then “cleaned the knife and put it back in the kitchen.”
Carlson was arrested and charged with first- and second-degree murder and taken to the Anchorage Correctional Complex, where he is being held without bail.
There have been eight homicides in the municipality this year, according to APD spokeswoman Anita Shell.
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