ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – 30-year-old Riccardo Kerns has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter of a woman who was fatally shot in August.
On Aug. 7, around 12:50 a.m., Anchorage Police were dispatched to the 5900 block of Fiji Street in reference to a reported assault. According to the original report, officers found an adult female in the residence with at least one gunshot wound to the upper body. She was pronounced deceased at the scene by AFD medics.
APD now states an altercation occurred between Kerns and the woman, and Kerns shot her. The victim’s identity will not be released due to this being a Domestic Violence crime, according to the Anchorage police…