This is the third armed man shot by Anchorage officers in the past month.
Anchorage Police chief designee Bianca Cross speaks at a press conference at APD headquarters on June 5, 2024. shooting
“One male followed orders and was contacted and detained at the scene,” Cross said. “The second male adult continued to walk away from officers. K9 was deployed and made contact with the second suspect.” Cross said she’s seen some, but not all of the body camera footage of the incident. She said it’s not clear why May was shooting his gun in the parking lot in the first place.
The other man was not charged, and police have determined that only May had been firing his weapon, according to Cross.
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