Death by Cop- 2024

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Easter Leafa

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.
 

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2024/08/14/suspect-dead-after-shooting-involving-police-in-east-anchorage-police-say/