Police fatally shoot suspect in East Anchorage

Anchorage police have shot and killed a person in a neighborhood near the Alaska Native Medical Center, police said early Wednesday.

According to a police statement posted at 2:45 a.m. Wednesday, the shooting took place on the 4800 block of East 43rd Avenue, off East Tudor Road. No initial details were provided on the events leading up to the shooting.

“One suspect is deceased,” police said in the statement. “No officers were injured.”

A “large police presence” remained in the area, the statement said, but no road closures were reported.

About half a dozen police vehicles were still at the scene by 5 a.m. Wednesday. Residents were walking dogs and warming up cars, with crime-scene tape securing an area behind several homes.

Police plan to hold a 9 a.m. news conference Wednesday on the shooting.

This is the sixth shooting by Anchorage police since mid-May, and the fourth fatality after the deaths of Kristopher Handy, Tyler May and Lisa Fordyce-Blair. After detailed reviews state prosecutors have declined to file criminal charges against the officers in Handy’s shooting, as well as those who shot May.

Alaska Public Media’s Ava White contributed information to this story.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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