Son Of Seattle Port Chief Dinsmore, Friend Are Gunshot Victims -- Two Found Slain Near Anchorage

The son of the Port of Seattle's executive director was one of two men killed in a weekend shooting in Alaska.

Mickey Dinsmore, 24, son of port executive director Mic R. Dinsmore, and Stanley Honeycutt, 20, both of Anchorage, were found shot to death early Saturday inside a 1976 Chrysler Cordoba, said Darlene Turner, an investigator in Anchorage for the Alaska State Troopers.

Dinsmore apparently died immediately; Honeycutt managed to drive about one-half mile before dying.

The shootings occurred in or near Far North Bicentennial Park, a popular spot in Anchorage for young people to hold bonfire parties on weekends.

Troopers had broken up a party earlier in the evening, and the shootings apparently occurred as some people were returning to the party site, Turner said. It was not known whether Dinsmore and Honeycutt had been at the party earlier in the evening.

The bodies were discovered shortly after area residents reported hearing gunshots at 1:46 a.m. Saturday.

No motive had been determined and investigators had no suspects, Turner said.

Investigators know what kind of weapon was used in the killings, but Turner would not disclose specifics.

Troopers interviewed "over 70 people" who had been at the party or were headed to the site about the time of the shootings, she said. Investigators issued a bulletin seeking a mid-1970s to 1980s brown, tan or cream-colored Caprice or Impala car.