Death by Cop- 2024
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Easter Leafa
Case # :254
Gender : Female
Age : 16
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.
