Troopers arrest person of interest in Seward shooting case

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Resurrection Bay on April 16, 2024. (Jamie Diep/KBBI)

A manhunt ended Monday on the Kenai Peninsula after Alaska State Troopers detained a person of interest in a fatal shooting.

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Alaska State Troopers have arrested Danny Lowry Jr., 55, in connection with Seward woman Billie Cubley’s fatal shooting on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (From AST)

Troopers found and detained 55-year-old Danny Lowry Jr. after he escaped from officers in Seward last week.

Lowry had been held in connection to a shooting that killed 51-year-old Billie Cubley.

Preliminary findings from the Alaska Bureau of Investigation show Lowry was trying to take a gun away from Cubley after she threatened to shoot herself, according to a trooper dispatch.

The dispatch said several trooper SWAT teams and Kenai Peninsula law enforcement joined in the initial search, but were called off shortly afterwards.

Officers referred charges for fourth-degree escape to state prosecutors.

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