After a fatal shooting at a downtown bar, Anchorage police say they’re adding more officers to the area, which has long been a crime hotspot.
The shooting happened outside Gaslight Lounge early Sunday. Anchorage police say 23-year-old Leroy Manogiamanu opened fire, wounding two security guards and a bar customer. A guard then shot him and he died at the scene.
Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case said in the 25 years he’s policed downtown, there’s been a pattern of “problem” bars opening and closing, and criminal activity gravitating back to the Gaslight…