A 19-year-old Alaska man was facing attempted murder charges after breaking into a public safety building and firing on a unarmed village police officer, authorities said.
Now village police officers, who currently do not carry firearms, are wondering if they should carry guns, according to the station.Troopers arrested Bryan Nicolai after a member of the Kwethluk community with a rifle arrived on scene and talked Nicolai into surrendering, the station reported.
“If we had access to firearms, we’d be able to handle more of these scenarios on our own,” Village Police Officer Tiger Lee told the station.Nicolai is accused of aiming a rifle at Lee and pulling the trigger, but the weapon didn’t fire. Troopers said Nicolai put on a ballistic vest, a helmet and staged multiple rifles after breaking into the building. He also activated the village fire alert system, they said. Kwethluk’s Public Safety Administrative Chief Nicolai Joseph said the village’s 10 police officers don’t carry weapons.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPGet all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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