Most of the deaths happened in clusters: In April, four people were found dead in a three day period. And on May 2, three homeless men were declared dead in different parts of the city — in less than an hour and a half.
Updated: 1 minute agoA homeless camp near Elderberry Park and the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail on May 8, 2024 in downtown Anchorage. , Anchorage homeless outdoor death numbers are again up, but happening at a slower pace than last year’s record toll.
Police define an outdoor death as a person who dies outside with no fixed address at the time of their death. Experts say the definition is imperfect because homelessness can be a fluid state. The measure is an incomplete chronicle of the mortality of unhoused people in Anchorage, missing deaths in hospitals, homicides and vehicle collisions, among others.
Johnson also believes that indoor shelter is key to keeping outdoor deaths down. During the winter months, hundreds of people were in city-overseen shelters or hotel rooms, and therefore living near other people trained in overdose response and to intervene in medical crisis, Johnson said.
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