The police chief in Alaska's largest city says four officers shot and killed a man who raised a gun toward them early Monday. The shooting happened at an apartment complex in West Anchorage. Police Chief Bianca Cross says the officers were responding to a disturbance call.
ANCHORAGE , Alaska — Anchorage police officers responding to a disturbance call shot and killed a man early Monday after he pointed a gun at them, police chief Bianca Cross said.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, an apartment complex in west Anchorage. No officers were injured. Officers approached the complex on foot, and officers fired after the man raised the gun toward them, Cross said.
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