1 dead, 1 wounded in stabbing at Midtown apartment complex

An Anchorage constabulary conveyance connected Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, astatine nan segment of a fatal stabbing nan erstwhile time connected West Northern Lights Boulevard. (Ava White/Alaska Public Media)

Anchorage constabulary person arrested a man they opportunity fatally stabbed different man and wounded a female early Thursday evening astatine an flat analyzable successful Midtown.

In a statement, constabulary said Tonise P. Salevao, 20, faces murder, attempted execution and battle charges successful nan stabbing, connected nan 400 artifact of West Northern Lights Boulevard conscionable westbound of C Street. Police responded to nan segment astatine astir 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

“Two victims were recovered wrong nan apartment,” constabulary said. “An big antheral was declared deceased astatine nan scene. An big female was transported to a section infirmary pinch what are believed to beryllium life-threatening injuries. Both victims had injuries to nan precocious body.”

Police besides said pinch a man who had been detained astatine nan segment by a citizen. It wasn’t instantly clear whether that man was Salevao.

Charging documents successful nan lawsuit weren’t disposable early Friday, but constabulary said they believed nan stabbing was “an isolated arena and not random.”

After constabulary said pinch Salevao, he was held astatine nan Anchorage Correctional Complex.