A 19-year-old man is now charged with murder in the shooting of a woman who was found wounded near downtown Anchorage Sunday and later died, according to police.
Police said in an updated statement Wednesday morning that Jacob Berkey faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of Kawena Naleieha, 26.
According to the statement, police responded at about 8 a.m. Sunday to a reported woman in distress near North Post Road and East 1st Avenue, an industrial area near Ship Creek a few blocks north of the Anchorage Correctional Complex. Naleieha was found with upper-body trauma and taken to a local hospital. Police said Tuesday afternoon that she had died of her injuries…