An Office of Special Prosecutions review of the actions of three officers who fired at 21-year-old Tyler May found that May pointed a pistol “in the direction of officers.”
A new finding by the Office of Special Prosecutions found Tyler May fired his gun as he walked with a friend near 19th Avenue and Karluk Street on June 3, 2024. Police later confronted May outside the Anchorage Senior Activities Center, where he was shot and killed by police.
The officers responded to three separate 911 calls around 9:30 p.m. June 3 that described a man, later identified as May, who had fired a gun and was screaming before he walked toward the senior center, the review said. One caller told police that May had “pulled a gun on children in the neighborhood and tried to take the children’s scooter,” it said.
The three officers approached as the dog bit May and he ended up with his back on the ground, the report said. Kaylep Olomua said he and his friend Tyler May had walked to a garden patio outside the Anchorage Senior Activities Center to calm May down when he was emotional on June 3, 2024. Police confronted May there after responding to reports that a man was firing a gun into the air. May was shot and killed by police in the senior center parking lot. he was trying to help calm down May after an argument with his pregnant girlfriend. May had been drinking that night and was extremely emotional, he said.
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