Anchorage police shoot, wound suspect in homicide near 5th Avenue homeless camp

Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case discusses officers’ Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 shooting and wounding of a fishy successful a homicide nan erstwhile day. (From APD Facebook page)

Anchorage constabulary officers changeable and wounded a man Friday afternoon, saying he was nan fishy successful a deadly shooting reported nan erstwhile day.

In a little statement Friday evening, constabulary said nan man was changeable and wounded connected nan 200 artifact of North Post Road. He was taken to a infirmary pinch what constabulary judge are life-threatening injuries.

Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case said successful a news conference Friday evening that dispatchers were called soon earlier 4:30 p.m. Friday by 3 group who reported that an equipped man connected a bicycle was looking for them. As constabulary responded to nan call, they received accusation linking nan man to Thursday’s fatal shooting of a man adjacent a 5th Avenue bum camp.

When constabulary arrived, group astatine nan segment identified a antheral cyclist riding distant arsenic nan suspect. Case said nan man did not respond to commands, and officers sewage into their vehicles to pursuit him.

Anchorage constabulary asked nan nationalist for thief uncovering a fishy seen leaving a fatal shooting Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, astatine a downtown encampment. (Anchorage Police Department)

When they caught up, Case said, 1 of nan officers sewage retired of a constabulary conveyance and ordered nan man to stop, issuing commands for a “significant” magnitude of time.

“The fishy past turned and fired 1 azygous information successful nan guidance of nan serviceman and a civilian vehicle,” Case said. “The serviceman that was providing commands past fired respective rounds; nan fishy past went down to nan ground. The fishy past sat up and fired astatine slightest 2 further rounds astatine nan serviceman and nan civilian conveyance again, which caused nan original serviceman that fired rounds to return occurrence again.”

Case said nary officers were injured successful nan shooting. The man was taken to a section infirmary pinch what constabulary judge are life-threatening injuries.

The shooting was recorded connected officers’ body-worn cameras, according to Case. Footage of nan shooting will beryllium released successful 45 days, nether existent APD policy.

Case congratulated officers for their vigilance nether difficult circumstances, confirming that nan man changeable Friday was nan fishy successful some incidents.

“The fishy successful tonight’s shooting was so nan fishy successful yesterday’s homicide,” Case said.

This is nan seventh shooting by Anchorage constabulary since mid-May. Four of those shootings person been fatal.

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