Anchorage Shooting: Police Officer Fires Back

0:00It's March 28th. This is Anchorage News Today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. Early Saturday and Anchorage's Bayshore-clad neighborhood, a man started firing shots from inside a home, forcing police to take cover as bullets. Flu. Respondors called it chaotic, with an officer eventually shooting back at him while the place was burning. Firefighters later put out the blaze and found the guy dead inside the destroyed single-family house. Officers reported hearing gunfire all over, and police even think he shot at one of their drones trying to monitor the standoff. After the officer fired, he spotted the man down on the floor, but then flames took over the whole building fast so they focused on safety first. No one else got hurt, which is a relief in such a wild scene. Police have been to that address multiple times before, though they won't say why yet. Chief Sean Case stressed how limited their info is right now on exactly what went down. They're not sure if the man died from the officer's bullet, or the fire autopsy will

1:01tell. His name comes after next-of-kin notification, and the officers in 72 hours. Body care was cut at all, and now state prosecutors plus an internal review check if the shooting was justified. Expect more details soon as they interview the officer and dig deeper, but for now, it's a stark reminder of how quick things escalate in these calls.