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3 weeks ago |
alaskapublic.org | Chris Klint
An Alaska State Trooper shot and wounded a woman near Wasilla Friday night, after troopers say she pointed a weapon at the officer. According to an online statement, troopers say the weapon looked like a semiautomatic handgun but it turned out to be a BB gun. Troopers have not yet publicly identified the woman who was wounded. The trooper who shot her was identified Tuesday as Kody Haley, who has been with the agency for eight months.
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3 weeks ago |
alaskapublic.org | Chris Klint
Anchorage police say an officer shot and killed a driver who was allegedly armed late Monday during a Mountain View traffic stop. In a news conference early Tuesday, Police Chief Sean Case said the incident occurred just after 11:30 pm. Monday, in an area between Peterkin Avenue and Thompson Street. The driver, who was pulled over for a headlight issue, also had a single passenger. As two officers approached the vehicle on either side, Case said they saw a gun in the “lap area” of the driver.
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1 month ago |
alaskapublic.org | Chris Klint
Authorities say 45-year-old Sean Mobley left 16-year-old Alena Toennis on a snowy trail in the middle of the night as she was experiencing an overdose. A Wasilla man is accused of selling a teenage girl fentanyl and then abandoning her on a snowy trail in the middle of the night after she overdosed, authorities say.
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1 month ago |
alaskapublic.org | Chris Klint
Anchorage police are asking for public help to learn more about a boy’s suspicious death after his body was found Sunday morning in a car parked in the Fairview area. Police described the boy as a juvenile but did not release his age or his name. Police spokesman Christopher Barraza said dispatchers received a call at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday, asking that officers conduct a welfare check on someone inside a blue sedan.
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1 month ago |
alaskapublic.org | Chris Klint
A concerning forecast for statewide wildfire danger has local, state and federal authorities in Alaska’s largest city working on projects to mitigate the threat, including cutting a major fire break through one of Anchorage’s largest areas of parkland. The work will span just over 3 miles of Campbell Airstrip Road, between Anchorage Fire Department Station 14 and the Basher Drive trailhead, the fire department said in a statement.
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