ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Police have identified the woman fatally shot by an Anchorage officer Tuesday as 53-year-old Lora Brady, following a lengthy standoff at a downtown residential building.
Investigators say the incident will now go through a two-step review: the state Office of Special Prosecutions will first determine whether the officer’s decision to fire was legally justified, followed by an internal APD review to check for any policy violations. The involved officer, whose name has not yet been released, has been placed on administrative leave, standard procedure in officer-involved shootings, and is expected to be identified within 72 hours.
Tuesday’s shooting began shortly before 1:30 p.m., when staff at a residential facility near East Ninth Avenue called 911 to report an armed woman threatening suicide and endangering others inside the building. APD’s Mobile Intervention Team responded alongside crisis negotiators, and the scene escalated to a full SWAT response as officers moved to secure the building and surrounding area…