State clears Anchorage officers of wrongdoing in deadly May shooting

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The three Anchorage police officers who fired their guns in May along a major city roadway, killing a man who allegedly pointed his gun at them, were cleared Tuesday by the state.

The Office of Special Prosecutions stated that each officers was “legally justified” in use of deadly force against Emil McCord, who was shot and killed on May 19 near the intersection of Bragaw Street and Reka Drive.

The three officers — Alexander Roman, Jacob Jones, and Justin Miller — were responding to a report of a man, later identified as McCord, firing rounds into the air late in the night…

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