Officer in Bethel Shooting Identified

0:00It's March 30th. This is Anchorage News today, AI-powered stories from your city. Bethel Police just named the officer in last Wednesday shooting. Patrol officer Kaira Prowett fired at a man who rushed her with a knife during a roadside stop. Earlier that Tuesday night, the guy had been blocking traffic and refusing to move. Cops took him to Bethel Hospital, but he walked out before treatment and came right back to the road. Troopers say when officers approached him again, he pulled the knife and ignored repeated orders to drop it. Preuitt, a fresh grad from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Academy, joined the department this January 2025. She's now on administrative leave while finishing her required psych evaluation. The man got met a vac to an Anchorage hospital with serious, but non-life-brettening wounds, and no charges against him so far. The Alaska Bureau of Investigations Major Crimes Unit is handling the case, with an independent review coming from the office of special prosecutions.

1:01To wrap things up clean.