Two shootings, two deaths in Anchorage on Tuesday

A 16-year-old male succumbed to gunshot wounds in Anchorage on Tuesday night.

At 8:37 p.m. police responded to the 400 block of Price Street, where they found the boy with gunshot wounds to his upper body. He was transported and declared dead at a nearby hospital. Police do not release the names of juvenile victims.

The APD Crime Scene Team responded to process the scene and closed Thompson Avenue at Price Street, later reopening the intersection, which is in the Mountainview neighborhood.

Earlier on Tuesday, Anchorage Police responded to a report at 6:52 a.m. of an adult male shooting a firearm in the parking lot of the 5700-block of Rocky Mountain Court.

Upon arrival, officers found another adult male near 6th and Boniface by San Juan Circle with at least one gunshot wound to the upper body.

Anchorage Fire Department medics responded to the scene in the Russian Jack neighborhood and provided life-saving measures; however, the victim was declared deceased at the scene. The man’s identity will be released once next-of-kin notification procedures have been completed, police said.

Anyone with information regarding these incidences, to include surveillance footage of the areas, is asked to contact Police Dispatch at 3-1-1 (option #1) or (907)786-8900 (press “0”). To remain anonymous, you may contact Crime Stoppers online at www.AnchorageCrimeStoppers.com.