Editor’s note: Details updated at end of original story.
In the Government Hill neighborhood of north Anchorage, an Anchorage Police officer shot someone just before 6 a.m. on Wednesday, police reported today.
The incident followed a bizarre crime scene in downtown Anchorage on Tuesday afternoon, during which a suspect was shot after he was believed to have bound the wrists and mouth of a female victim at a business and proceeded to try to rob an ATM. An officer intervened and the man, who had a gun, would not follow commands.
The second incident happened in the 700 block of Hollywood Drive, where a large police presence has gathered to investigate. This story will be updated as police release information.
Update: Six callers called starting at about 5:44 a.m. to the police 911 line, including four who called in at the same time, said Sean Case, police chief for the Anchorage Police Department. The callers said they heard shots fired around the 700 block of Hollywood Drive.
“There was a lot of information coming from different sources at the same time,” Case said, adding that it created a more complex situation.
Chief Case provided information that the police knew at the time the incident went down:
A female caller was inside the “victim location,” he said, which was a residence. She reportedly heard gunshots, and mentioned a bullet ricocheted or another object grazed her on the head. It was later determined she not need to go to the hospital.
A second caller called from outside the residence, reporting he heard gunshots.
A third caller was also inside the residence. This one was a male caller who heard gunshots and screaming, which he believed to be coming from the first caller, who was in another end of the house.
Meanwhile, the female was telling police dispatch that the house was being fired upon. She took cover and laid on the ground.
One of the callers observed a man with a long gun.
Officers arrived and contacted the three complainants. Another set of officers went to victim residence.
The two callers inside the house to police said they now heard smashing glass, and believed the shooter was trying to enter the home. Officers then observed the suspect with a long gun, but he disappeared around the residence.
At one point the male victim tried to exit the house and officers told him to go back inside, but he was shot by the suspect, and bullets struck him “multiple times.”
Officers then shot at the suspect and their bullets also hit him multiple times.
Chief Case called the scene chaotic and difficult to parse through since there was so much happening at once, and he would provide more details as they become known. He said the police actions were in the “heroic category,” since there was a victim being shot at by the perpetrator and police had to act quickly to save a life.
The suspect and victim were both transported to a hospital. Chief Case said they were both alive at the time, as far as he knew.
As of Wednesday, Mayor Suzanne LaFrance has not issued an apology to the active shooter for the actions take by police. In August, she issued an apology after police shot a dangerous person wielding a knife, and she opened up a third-party investigation into the police.
Ever notice things get crazier when the winds blow crazy?
How about saying the officers were forced to defend themselves due to actions of the offending individual? So much less confusing than “AP officer shot someone.”
Starting the year off with a bang
Well when is the mayor going to take the guns from the cops?
She has another shooting to blame on anybody but the real crooks.
Is this yet another cop who needs to spend more time at the shooting range, I ask you?
Disorder in a liberal city… Shut the front door!
People in the Lower 48 mistakenly believed that we in Alaska live in a conservative paradise. Instead, we are constantly reaping the results of the blatant dishonesty and outright stupidity of left-wingers. Hope all the police and the victims are doing OK.
Not sure the term “active Shooter” is one that is correct here. This thug was an armed robber suspect attempting a robbery. He was not there from what we know to go around randomly killing people.
You might be referring to the Tuesday shooting. This is a different one. He was shot while he was shooting a victim. Active. – sd
Arm up. Be vigilant.
MORE progress. Keep handling these criminals this way. After all, the courts are backed-up.
Thanks, Suzanne, for mentioning that Mayor LaFrance has yet to apologize to the families of the criminal and victims. Can’t wait to see how she will weave in a healthy dose of racism. God forbid she should show any empathy to the cops who have to now live with this for the rest of their lives. I think most Anchoragites would appreciate knowing how much training APD has regarding scenarios like this versus the amount of DEI and CRT training they’ve been forced to sit though.
“As of Wednesday, Mayor Suzanne LaFrance has not issued an apology to the active shooter for the actions taken by police.”
Hahahahaha!