Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case said the man fired twice on police and a civilian vehicle, causing an officer to fire on him twice.
Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case discusses officers’ Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 shooting and wounding of a suspect in a homicide the previous day. Friday evening, police said the man was shot and wounded on the 200 block of North Post Road. He was taken to a hospital with what police believe are life-threatening injuries.Friday evening that dispatchers were called shortly before 4:30 p.m. Friday by three people who reported that an armed man on a bicycle was looking for them.
Anchorage police asked the public for help finding a suspect seen leaving a fatal shooting Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, at a downtown encampment. “The suspect then turned and fired one single round in the direction of the officer and a civilian vehicle,” Case said. “The officer that was providing commands then fired several rounds; the suspect then went down to the ground. The suspect then sat up and fired at least two additional rounds at the officer and the civilian vehicle again, which caused the original officer that fired rounds to return fire again.
The shooting was recorded on officers’ body-worn cameras, according to Case. Footage of the shooting will be released in 45 days, under current APD policy.
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