PALMER, Alaska (KTUU) – A Palmer jury has convicted Patrick Marrs on attempted murder and a series of assault, weapons and other charges stemming from a December 2020 traffic stop in Wasilla that ended with a Wasilla police officer being shot seven times at close range, according to the Alaska Department of Law.
The verdicts were returned Wednesday. Marrs was found guilty of:
- Attempted murder
- First-degree assault
- Second-degree assault
- Two counts of third-degree assault
- Third-degree misconduct involving weapons
- Failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer
- Fifth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance
- Providing false information
The case dates to the evening of Dec. 17, 2020, when Wasilla police tried to stop Marrs’ vehicle just before 5 p.m. Authorities said the vehicle did not stop and drove off at high speed, with the pursuit ending near the Valley Country Store parking lot by Seldon Road.
Dispatches from that night described a “volley of gunfire” between the driver and an officer, and said both the officer and a woman inside the suspect’s vehicle were shot…