An officer shot and seriously wounded a man suspected of armed robbery in Midtown Anchorage on Tuesday afternoon.
Anchorage police shot and seriously wounded a man in Midtown on Tuesday afternoon while responding to an armed robbery . The shooting occurred just before 2 p.m. in the 500 block of Northern Lights Boulevard. A victim who had been bound fled the business into a nearby business with tape around her wrists and her mouth, police Chief Sean Case said. Someone at the other business called police.
Officers en route were “advised that the suspect was armed with a handgun” and trying to get into an ATM at the business, Case said. An officer arriving at the scene saw someone who matched the suspect description but the man didn’t respond to commands and then fled on foot. “The officer eventually fired between five and eight rounds, striking the suspect two times in the upper body,” Case said. The wounded man was brought to the hospital with injuries police described as life-threatening. No additional information about his status was provided during the briefing. Case described the information provided during the briefing as preliminary as the investigation continued. Police plan to release more information, including the names of any officers involved as well as the suspect, at another briefing in a few days
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