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An Alaska police officer was shot and seriously wounded while conducting a security check at an Anchorage park Wednesday night.
The officer was hospitalized and is expected to survive, Anchorage police said.
A man suspected of eluding police pulled out a handgun after the officer and a partner made contact with him around 8 p.m. local time and allegedly fired on the officer at Centennial Campground, striking the officer. Both officers returned fire on the suspect.
![Anchorage police give an update on a shooting Wednesday evening that left an officer hospitalized.](https://i0.wp.com/shacklemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/anchorage-police-officer-shot-in-line-of-duty-expected-to-survive-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
Anchorage police give an update on a shooting Wednesday evening that left an officer hospitalized. (Anchorage Police Department)
The man was shot multiple times and suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Charges are forthcoming, the department said.
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![The entrance to Anchorage's Centennial Park.](https://i0.wp.com/shacklemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/anchorage-police-officer-shot-in-line-of-duty-expected-to-survive-2.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
The entrance to Anchorage’s Centennial Park. (Google Maps)
“Please keep our officer and his family in your prayers as he recovers,” the department said in a statement.
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![A building at Anchorage's Centennial Park.](https://i0.wp.com/shacklemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/anchorage-police-officer-shot-in-line-of-duty-expected-to-survive-3.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
A building at Anchorage’s Centennial Park. (Google Maps)
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The officers’ use of force is under investigation per protocol, police said.
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