Overview

• Officers responded to a family disturbance where the girl allegedly threatened her sister with a knife.
• Police Chief Sean Case stated that the girl approached officers with the knife despite multiple commands to drop it.
• One officer fired multiple rounds while another used a less-lethal projectile; the girl later died at the hospital.
• The incident marks the sixth police shooting in Anchorage since May, with four resulting in fatalities.
• The Anchorage Police Department plans to review its training and tactics to prevent future incidents.