:quality(70)/s3.amazonaws.com/arc-wordpress-client-uploads/adn/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/22100203/FairviewShooting-05.jpg)
Destinee Kangas was inside her Fairview apartment with her four children late Monday afternoon when she heard the pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop.
It's not that uncommon to hear gunshots, she said, even six of them in a row.
"There is a lot of violence in this part of the area," she said Tuesday, standing outside her apartment off East 11th Avenue, between Hyder and Gambell streets.
After the gunshots, Kangas heard sirens. She looked out the window and saw officers running into an apartment in the building across from her own. One of the emergency responders hurried out, holding her neighbor's young daughter.
A stray bullet had hit the 2-year-old in her upper body, police said. Family said the girl was in stable condition Tuesday as police continued to search for the suspects who had fired the weapons outside.
"I just hope she's OK," Kangas, 22, said as her 4-year-old daughter played with a doll in the window.
No one was home early Tuesday evening at the apartment where the toddler lives. The girl remained at the hospital, Kangas said.
:quality(70)/s3.amazonaws.com/arc-wordpress-client-uploads/adn/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/22100215/FairviewShooting-06.jpg)
Police have not identified the toddler who was shot. The girl's aunt said her parents were focused on her recovery and not yet ready to talk about the shooting.
Police said they first got calls about the shooting at 3:54 p.m. Monday. People reported that individuals in two moving vehicles were firing bullets at each other.
One of those bullets traveled into the apartment where the 2-year-old was in the living room with other family members. It hit her, according to police.
:quality(70)/s3.amazonaws.com/arc-wordpress-client-uploads/adn/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/22015617/FairviewShooting-04.jpg)
Police later found one of the two vehicles, a red Dodge Ram pickup, and impounded it as evidence. Officers questioned the driver and later released him, said police spokesman MJ Thim.
He said police continued to search for the other vehicle and the suspects. Police have not yet released any suspect descriptions.
Police asked anyone with information about the shooting, including surveillance video, to call Anchorage's non-emergency line, 311, or submit an anonymous tip through Anchorage Crime Stoppers at 907-561-STOP or online at anchoragecrimestoppers.com.