A distraught  Soldotna woman with a handgun prompted a state trooper response to a Soldotna residence on Monday evening, troopers reported on the trooper dispatch.

Troopers responded to the address at 6: 52 pm on Monday in reference to a woman who had fired a handgun in the home while issuing threats. They contacted 56-year-old Cynthia Kaye Harris at the residence following their arrival.

The investigation at the scene revealed that Harris, while intoxicated, fired a handgun while threatening a family member and also threatened to harm herself.

As a result of the investigation, troopers placed Harris under arrest on charges of Assault III-DV, and Misconduct Involving Weapons II&IV.

She was transported to Kenai and remanded to the Wildwood Pretrial Facility with no bail pending arraignment.

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