Alaska homeless camp shootout leads to man, officer injured
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An Anchorage police officer got into a shootout with a man at an outdoor shelter for homeless people. The shooting happened after a bear attracted to unsecure food was killed.
Two officers were conducting a security check at Centennial Campground in east Anchorage when they came across a man who was suspected of earlier eluding police, a statement from the Anchorage Police Department said.
"At some point during the encounter, the suspect produced a handgun and gunfire was exchanged," the statement said.
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