Girl injured by stray bullet in Fairview shooting, police say

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Anchorage police officers are in Fairview investigating a shooting that injured one, Monday, May 21, 2018. (Bill Roth / ADN)

The Anchorage Police Department is asking the public's help in gathering information after a stray bullet hit a girl in a Fairview residence Monday afternoon.

At 3:54 p.m., police began getting calls about people in two moving vehicles firing shots at each other. A bullet went into a residence on the 700 block of East 11th Avenue, police said.

A juvenile female, in her living room with other family members, was struck, police said. She was taken to a hospital. The girl's age and the extent of her injuries could not be confirmed as of Monday evening.

Alicia Carson, who works at Fairview Tobacco and Pipes, described what she saw a few minutes before 4 p.m. Monday when she went outside to throw away some trash.

Carson said she was standing in front of the shop when she heard six shots.

"I looked up, trying to figure out what was going on, and right after that, it was maybe, like, 30 seconds, two cars blew through that intersection," at 12th and Gambell Street, she said. The cars were heading west.

Anyone with information is asked to called Anchorage's non-emergency line, 311, or submit an anonymous tip through Anchorage Crime Stoppers.