An active disturbance with shot-fired call prompted Fairbanks-based troopers to the area of Jones Road at 4:46 pm on Tuesday afternoon. Upon arrival and witness interviews, troopers were able to ascertain that Isaac Reed had pointed a ,45 caliber handgun at a victim and then fired a shot into the ground near him. After the […]
APD patrol officers on the 5000-block of Taku Drive called in to dispatch at 2:55 am on Wednesday to report hearing shots-fired in the near vicinity. Moments later, the officers heard gunfire again near the McCarrey and Glenn Highway overpass. Right after hearing those shots, they observed two females and a male on the bike […]
The U.S. firearm homicide rate spiked 35% in 2020, the first full year of the coronavirus pandemic, rising to the highest level in almost three decades of record-keeping, according to data released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency reported 19,350 firearm homicides in the U.S. in 2020, compared with […]
A 35-year-old Wasilla man was shot and killed in an exchange of fire with Alaska State Troopers at about a quarter past 8 pm on Tuesday night after a search of the area as a result of an initial armed home invasion earlier in the evening, according to trooper reports. Troopers initially responded to a […]