The Alaska Office of Special Prosecutions has determined that two police officers in Anchorage who shot Damien Dollison were justified in their use of deadly force.
At this hour, Mayor Suzanne LaFrance, on of the harshest critics of police who use deadly force, has issued no opinion on the matter.
Anchorage police had received a call on July 8 that Dollison had pointed and fired a gun at someone at a Circle K store on Bragaw Street in Anchorage.
Officers Brandon Stack and Jacob Jones responded and shot Dollison, who had shot at them first with his shotgun. Earlier, Dollison had shot at another man in a truck, according to the charges. Dollison was hospitalized with wounds from the incident but is now housed at Goose Creek Correctional Center.
Dollison faces three counts of assault in the third degree and two counts of misconduct involving a weapon in the third degree. The case is being prosecuted by the Anchorage District Attorney’s Office.
On Monday, the Office of Special Prosecutions said that the Aug. 13 shooting by police of Easter Leafa in Anchorage was justified, since the teen would not drop her knife as she approached the officers who were trying to get her to disarm, after she had made threats against family members.
To date this year, all of the officer-involved shootings have been deemed justified by the Office of Special Prosecutions, which is in charge of investigating such cases.