Anchorage police double patrols near Gaslight following deadly shooting

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…

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