Anchorage police report that investigators have opened a homicide investigation after discovering a body near Campbell Creek in East Anchorage on Sunday morning. APD responded to East 46th and Folker Street at 3:19 am on Sunday after receiving a shots-fired report. Upon arrival at the intersection, police would find a woman lying dead from gunshot […]
WASHINGTON — Homicides in the U.S. increased nearly 30 percent last year compared to 2019, part of an overall increase in violent crime in the country, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported Monday. In its annual crime statistics report, the FBI said nearly 1.3 million violent crimes were committed in the U.S. last year, up 5.6 percent […]
Following a ten-day investigation into the shooting of 74-year-old Michael Easley, who was out moose hunting when he was fatally wounded on September 11, troopers report that they have arrested another member of his hunting party on charges of Manslaughter and Criminally Negligent Homicide on Tuesday. AST report that 42-year-old Hope resident Robert Geller was […]
Anchorage police say the Trophy Lounge parking lot is closed down as investigators look into a homicide that was reported at 7:32 am on Wednesday morning. APD received a call reporting the discovery of a male victim who appeared in need of medical attention. Upon arrival officers located an adult male deceased from trauma to […]
Anchorage police converged at the 300-block of Gambell Street at 2:43 am on Saturday morning in reference to gunfire at that location. Upon arrival, APD would find five victims suffering from gunshot wounds. All were transported to local hospitals for treatment of their injuries. One of those gunshot victims, 37-year-old Jaclyn Welcome, would later succumb […]
Anchorage police have released the name of the homicide victim located early Wednesday morning in the 12th and Hyder area as that of 25-year-old Dvonte Castro. APD responded to the 12th/Hyder location on a shots-fired call at 2:37 am on Wednesday to find Castro deceased at the scene and an adult female suffering from injuries. […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On May 28, 2021, an Anchorage grand jury indicted 54 year-old Darin Lee Jones and 52 year-old Shawn Michael Phillips for the murder of Patricia Phelps on August 9, 2017, near Oregon Drive in Anchorage. Jones was indicted on one count of first-degree murder, three counts of second-degree murder, one count of attempted […]
The stand-off between homicide suspect, 34-year-old Devyn Walker, and the Alaska State Trooper Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT), ended less than optimally, when SERT made entry, searched the Holy Cross home only to find the suspect dead from an apparent gunshot wound. Walker’s remains were sent to the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage for […]
Alaska State Troopers say that a suspect in a death investigation is in an ongoing barricade situation in Holy Cross. Troopers were notified of a disturbance in Holy Cross at 6:36 pm on Tuesday and Bethel-based troopers immediately deployed to the village via state aircraft. The initial investigation opened upon their arrival found one individual […]