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Tiếng ViệtDeath by Cop- 2024
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Easter Leafa
Age :16
Gender :Female
Race : Native Pacific Islander
Date : 08/13/2024
Location : 4840 East 43rd Avenue
City : Anchorage
County : Anchorage
State : Alaska
Agency : Anchorage Police Department
Officer(s) : Alexander Roman
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police in mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Anchorage PD were called to an apartment at 4840 E. 43rd Ave. where a teenage girl in some sort of mental health crisis had threatened a sibling. Police arrived, alleged that the girl held a knife, feared for their lives and fired both live munitions as well as 40 mm rounds at her simultaneously, killing her. The girl was about to start middle school.
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Steven Kissack
Age :35
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 07/15/2024
Location : Front Street
City : Juneau
County : Juneau Borough
State : Alaska
Agency : Juneau Police Department
Officer(s) : Chris Gifford
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Unhoused man killed by police
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Steven Kissack had been unhoused in Juneau, Alaska for more than a decade. Article linked below describes his life on the street. He and his malamute were popular. He was known to be helpful and a source of support to the unhoused community in town. He had experienced an incident in June of 2021 in which a Juneau PD officer arrested him for shoplifting a 68-cents drink can, claiming he had a bladed weapon of some sort. Document linked below. Kissack strongly disputed the police narrative but was held without bail until the incident was resolved in unknown manner. Documents how it ended cannot be found at this time.
On July 16, 2024, the same Juneau PD confronted him on a sidewalk, fired beanbags at him, again claim that he had a knife and several officers opened fire and shot and killed him. Only the police narrative exists. The description of the shooting matches the previous police allegations that Kissack had contested as false narrative.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://dailydispatch.dps.alaska.gov/Home/DisplayIncident?incidentNumber=AK24069198
The Shooting:
https://www.juneauempire.com/news/steven-kissack-homeless-resident-known-for-cannine-companion-juno-shot-downtown/
2021 similar police Incident involving the same PD:
https://juneau.org/police/jpd-psa-individual-view/entry/76379
2023 news article about Steven Kissack months prior to his killing:
https://www.juneauempire.com/news/just-a-typical-christmas-eve-among-homeless-friends-on-front-street/
Friends remember Steven Kissack:
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/07/17/juneau-community-members-reflect-life-well-known-homeless-man-fatally-shot-by-officers-trooper/
Kirk Medak
Age :67
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 07/08/2024
Location : South Kasilof Beach
City : South Kasilof Beach
County : Kenai Peninsula Borough
State : Alaska
Agency : Alaska State Police
Officer(s) : Gabriel Holman
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police when pointing harpoon
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Alaska State Police were sent to Kasilof Beach where Kirk Medak was allegedly threatening someone with a harpoon. Police arrived and shot and killed him.
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Lisa Fordyce-Blair
Age :58
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 06/20/2024
Location : Muldoon
City : Anchorage
County : Anchorage
State : Alaska
Agency : Anchorage Police Department, SWAT
Officer(s) : Jonathan Butler
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Found shot dead under unclear circumstances during SWAT standoff
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Anchorage PD were called to a Muldoon home where a woman in a mental health crisis was holding a rifle. Police arrived and the woman retreated. SWAT pressured her for hours and when police breached the home, they found her dead. Police did not comment how she died. This was the fourth police shooting in Anchorage in the last month.
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Tyler J. May
Age :21
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 06/03/2024
Location : E 19th Ave and Karluk St
City : Anchorage
County : Matanuska-Susitna Borough
State : Alaska
Agency : Anchorage Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during “shots fired” call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Anchorage PD followed up on a “shots fired” call, found 2 men with guns. They arrested one and the other did not drop his weapon. Police shot and killed him.
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Kristopher K. Handy
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Native Alaskan
Date : 05/13/2024
Location : 7100 block of Bearfoot Drive
City : Anchorage
County : Anchorage
State : Alaska
Agency : Anchorage Police Department
Officer(s) : Jacob Jones, Jacob Ostolaza, Noel Senoran, James Stineman
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during disturbance call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Anchorage PD were sent to a domestic disturbance in which a man was seen with a long gun. Police arrived, claim he pointed a gun and shot and killed him. Eyewitnesses, video footage and local media dispute the police story, documenting that he never pointed a gun at police.