ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Latest on a 42-hour standoff between authorities and an Anchorage man (all times local):
2:50 p.m.
An autopsy will determine the cause of death for a 69-year-old man who was involved in a 42-hour standoff with Anchorage police.
Police Chief Chris Tolley told reporters that the body of Robert Musser was found early Friday morning after heavy equipment was brought in to tear down parts of the Anchorage home.
The standoff began Wednesday when tree trimmers reported Musser had fired at them. Police responded after obtaining a warrant for Musser’s arrest.
Musser repeated yelled at offices to get off his property, and he fired at officers during two different occasions. The last came Thursday afternoon when two officers were struck by bullets and received minor injuries. Six officers returned fire, but it was unknown if Musser was hurt.
Tolley said they didn’t know if he Musser was alive as of late Thursday evening since they had no contact with him. The body was found after more of the house was torn down.
The six officers who returned fire have been placed on administrative leave.
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7:47 a.m.
Two standoffs involving Anchorage men barricaded in homes have ended.
A south Anchorage man suspected of firing shots at workers and police officers was found dead in his home.
An autopsy will determine how 69-year-old Robert Musser died.
Workers trimming trees for a power company reported Musser stepped out of his house Wednesday morning, ordered them off his property and fired shots.
Musser fired shots Thursday at police officers, striking two, including one who needed treatment at a hospital.
In the second incident, police Thursday afternoon with help from the FBI arrested 29-year-old Joseph Szajkowski on assault and kidnapping charges. He surrendered after police forced open his door and ordered him out.
The incident began after police took reports that Szajkowski had assaulted a woman at the home.
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