APD: Person killed in officer-involved shooting was 16-year-old

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The Anchorage Police Department has confirmed the person killed in an officer-involved shooting Sunday was a teenager. Police say he was 16 years old.

On Sunday, officers pulled over a Ford Taurus at Fifth Avenue and Reeve Boulevard around 3:30 a.m. There was one man driving and four others in the vehicle.

"The preliminary investigation found that during the traffic stop, a male passenger in the back seat produced a gun and fired multiple shots at officers," police said.


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