Two Alaska State Troopers shot dead in tiny village, suspect caught

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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Published: Thursday, May 1, 2014, 10:51 PM

Updated: Thursday, May 1, 2014, 11:00 PM

Google Maps The remote town of Tanana, Alaska is home to only about 250 people.

Two Alaska State Troopers were killed in a tiny village in the center of the nation’s biggest state, the agency said Thursday.

The troopers were following up on a report from Wednesday that someone had brandished a weapon in Tanana, a tiny town of some 250 people on the Tanana River.

The troopers were shot dead by “a young kid” in his 20s, the manager at the village store in town told the Anchorage Daily News.

A suspect has been detained, the law enforcement agency said in a news release.

Alaska State Troopers (Official) via Facebook An Alaska State Trooper had not been shot dead in the line of duty since 2001.

Details, like the circumstances of the deaths, are unknown, police said, but an investigation is underway. The identities of those killed has not been released.

The town reportedly has a Village Public Safety Officer.

The last time an Alaska trooper was shot dead in the line of duty was in 2001.

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