An Anchorage Police Department spokeswoman said Thursday the agency will not publicly say whether any of the three shootings Sunday and Monday were related — or not related — unless an arrest is made.
injured a man and a child and involved two men who knew each other, they said.
In the first incident reported Sunday, a woman walking near Creekside Park on Sixth Avenue was shot just after 9 p.m., according to police. Just after 11:30 that night, they said, a man was shot while walking near Russian Jack Springs Park on South Pine Street. Both people were brought to the hospital for what police described as injuries not considered life-threatening.on North Lane Street.
“I understand that we’re not part of the investigation and in some ways giving out information may impact that, but I also feel like we need to be able to say something to our constituents,” she said Friday. Still, he described a general sense of concern in Mountain View following an increase in homeless camps in parks and streets after the Sullivan Arena shelterNow, he said, people he talks with say their concerns have been heightened by the shootings. His own children no longer play basketball on their sidewalk.
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