A 29-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a shooting that left an Alaska police officer seriously injured.
(FOX)- Anthony George Jenkins-Alexie was arrested Tuesday morning as he was walking on a local street, Fairbanks police said. Jenkins-Alexie has a “lengthy criminal history and has previously made threats toward law enforcement,” Acting Fairbanks Police Chief Brad Johnson said at a news conference.
Jenkins-Alexie is facing charges of attempted murder, assault, vehicle theft, tampering with evidence and theft of a firearm in connection with the shooting early Sunday of Sgt. Allen Brandt.
Johnson said there are no other suspects in the shooting besides Jenkins-Alexie.
“After interviewing him and based on his own admissions and significant corroborating evidence, I can assure the community that he acted alone and that there is no continuing threat to my fellow police officers or our citizens,” Johnson said.
Brandt is recovering at an Anchorage hospital after he was struck four times in the legs, police said. Body armor protected Brandt from a shot to the chest, but bullet fragments struck the officer’s eye, police said.
Brandt, an 11-year veteran, was shot as he responded to reports of shots fired in a residential neighborhood just east of downtown. He was among officers responding to the scene.
Police have not released details of how Johnson exited the car or from where he returned fire.
The suspect drove off in the patrol car. Police found it roughly two blocks away. The dash cam shows the suspect again walking in front of the patrol car, illuminated by the vehicle’s headlights.