PALMER — A 38-year-old man was shot and killed at a home in the Wasilla area following a string of attempted break-ins on Sunday night, Alaska State Troopers say.
Emil Hampton was pronounced dead at a house in Meadow Lakes just west of Wasilla, according to a troopers spokesman.
Troopers responded to the area at 10:30 p.m. Sunday for a report “of a suspicious male acting erratically,” they said in an online post. “While AST was responding, the complainant reported that a shot had been fired striking the suspicious male.”
Multiple callers reported Hampton “attempting to enter vehicles and buildings on their properties prior to him being shot,” troopers spokesman Tim DeSpain said in an email Tuesday. Troopers responded to those calls but Hampton fled before they could contact him, DeSpain said.
Asked if Hampton was shot by a homeowner during an active break-in, DeSpain said the circumstances of the shooting are part of the ongoing investigation and everyone involved is cooperating.
Prosecutors are reviewing the evidence to make a determination as to any charges, he said.