Anchorage, Alaska: The officer shot and wounded while police served a search warrant Friday morning is now out of surgery, Police Chief Michael Kerle announced.
The police officer, who is out of surgery and is expected to survive, was shot during an assault investigation and subsequent search warrant execution early Friday morning on East 10th Avenue, during which Anchorage police blocked Ingra Street from Ninth to 15th Avenues.
In a press conference Friday afternoon, Police Chief Michael Kerle said officers were responding to a report of “an assault with a hammer” around 2:44 a.m.
“While officers were speaking to the victim, the suspect exited an adjacent apartment and officers attempted to contact him,” Kerle said.
