Woman was killed by officer’s gunfire during June standoff at East Anchorage home, police say

Updated: 23 seconds agoA Wednesday afternoon confrontation between an armed woman and an unarmed neighbor in East Anchorage led to a standoff with police at the woman's home on the 7400 block of East 20th Avenue, gunfire by the woman and a SWAT officer, and the woman dead, the police department said. Photographed June 20, 2024. last month was shot and killed by a SWAT officer who fired during the encounter, police said on Monday.on June 20.

An autopsy was completed last week, and on Monday police spokeswoman Renee Oistad said in an email that Fordyce-Blair died after she was struck in the upper body by police gunfire. Police have said officers initially responded to Fordyce-Blair’s home on the 7400 block of East 20th Avenue because she had threatened a neighbor. Fordyce-Blair refused to come out of her house when officers arrived, prompting a SWAT response, they said.

Fordyce-Blair fired multiple shots from inside her home and Sgt. Jonathan Butler fired from outside into the structure, police

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