An Anchorage Police officer was wounded earlier today during a shootout at a local motel.
APD spokesman Lt. Dave Parker said the shooting took place at the Merrill Field Inn. The motel was evacuated and Fifth Avenue, one of the main traffic arteries into the city, was shut down for about two hours. Parker says it all began when two APD officers were investigating a burglary.
The injured officer and the two people in the motel room were taken to safety, and a SWAT team was called in to negotiate with the shooter, whom, Parker says, police believe was wounded during the return gunfire. The suspect, as yet un-named, surrendered to police officers at about 1:30 this afternoon.
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