A 16-year-old girl who police say had a knife was shot and killed by an Anchorage officer. She's the fourth person killed by the department in three months.

Anchorage police say the armed man shot and killed by an officer Tuesday in the city's first fatal police shooting of 2025 may have fired his weapon, during a chaotic encounter on East Tudor Road.

Anchorage police say an officer shot and killed a driver who had a gun late Monday during a Mountain View traffic stop. Police spokesman Christopher Barraza said the shooting took place shortly ...

Hundreds of people marched Saturday in downtown Anchorage calling for justice, peace and changes in the Anchorage Police Department after an officer fatally shot a 16-year-old girl this week in ...

The mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, promised reform after a 16-year-old girl was shot and killed by police on Tuesday night, marking the city's sixth officer-involved shooting this year and the fourth ...

Police Tuesday shot and killed a 20-year-old man who claimed to have murdered his mother and sister and then threatened to kill his brother while holding him hostage on a busy street, officials said.

May 13—Anchorage police say an officer shot and killed the driver of a vehicle pulled over for a traffic stop late Monday in East Anchorage. The officer saw a gun in the driver's "lap area ...

Anchorage police investigate the scene after an armed robbery suspect was shot by an officer on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 in Midtown. (Loren Holmes / ADN) ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska's largest city has reached a $2.1 million settlement with the family of a 16-year-old girl who was holding a knife last August when she was fatally shot by a police ...

Bernard Higgins, of Anchorage, is facing multiple charges after an extended standoff with police in his Bellewood Road home Tuesday that ended with him being shot by a St. Matthews officer.

A man fatally shot by authorities in Alaska over the weekend was a moose hunter who found the body of a young wanderer whose story was featured in the movie "Into the Wild," his nephew said Friday.