ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska police officer and a suspect are recovering from injuries following a shootout at an Anchorage campground Wednesday night, authorities said.
According to the Anchorage Daily News and KTUU, the incident occurred shortly before 9 p.m. local time at the Centennial Park Campground in East Anchorage. Two Anchorage police officers encountered a man suspected in connection with “an earlier eluding,” the department wrote in a Facebook post.
“At some point during the encounter, the suspect produced a handgun and gunfire was exchanged,” the post read. “One officer was shot, and the other officer was uninjured.”
The officers returned fire, striking the suspect multiple times, the department said.
The wounded officer – whose injuries were described as serious – and the suspect were hospitalized, police said. Officials expect both to survive, the news outlets reported.
“Please keep our officer and his family in your prayers as he recovers,” the department wrote.
Authorities have not yet filed charges against the suspect but plan to do so, police said.
Alaska’s Office of Special Prosecutions and Anchorage Police Department Internal Affairs are expected to review the incident, according to the Facebook post. The department will place both officers on administrative leave for four days “as per APD practice,” the post added.
No further information was immediately available.
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