Credit KDLG News Department
Dillingham Police and Alaska State Troopers were involved in a shooting with an individual in Dillingham Thursday afternoon. The individual was brought into custody at 5:30 p.m. by law enforcement and the South Central Special Emergency Reaction Team, assisting from Anchorage.
There are no injuries to law enforcement personnel, and the individual is being treated for injuries.
Dillingham police received reports of a ditched car on the side of a road shortly before noon on Thursday. Dillingham dispatch made contact with the driver, who told dispatch that they had a rifle and ammunition.
Dillingham police arrived at the scene shortly after noon. The person tried to flee when DPD and Troopers arrived on scene, but they couldn’t get the car out of the ditch.