The Midtown Walmart, located on A Street and Benson, has long been a magnet for Anchorage’s vagrant and homeless population. An investigation by the Landmine has revealed that those problems have resulted in thousands of calls to the Anchorage Police Department (APD) over a two-year period.
In October, the store was shut down after a man was shot and killed in the middle of the day. It’s common to see tents and people partying and drinking on the sidewalk of A Street not far from the entrance of the store.
Walking around in the parking lot or inside the store can feel more like being in a mental institution than shopping in the middle of Alaska’s largest city…