Anchorage police name suspect injured in shootout with officers at homeless campground alaskapublic.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from alaskapublic.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) An Anchorage police officer and a man were wounded late Wednesday in a gun battle at a city-owned campground that has been turned into an outdoor shelter for homeless people.
2 men now face charges in January shooting outside downtown Anchorage hotel, police say
Print article A man was arrested last week for his role in a shooting that injured a man in January outside a downtown Anchorage hotel, police said. Police were called to the parking lot of the Clarion Suites on West Eighth Avenue early on Jan. 18 because of a shooting, the department said in an online statement this week. In security footage from the hotel, two men in a car were seen pulling up alongside another vehicle just after 3 a.m., according to a sworn criminal complaint signed by Officer Justin Hadley. The men, who were later identified as 33-year-old Hardy F. Muasau and 31-year-old Iese Gali Jr., were both seen on the video punching another man multiple times in the head and body, the complaint said.