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A standoff that lasted nearly four and a half hours ended peacefully Wednesday afternoon outside of the Fort Richardson gate off the Glenn Highway.
More than 30 Anchorage police officers responded to the area this morning in a standoff situation involving a lone man with two guns inside his vehicle. The father of 23-year-old Joseph Hanifin suspected his son was suicidal and called police around 6 a.m. He provided a description of his son as well as his son’s vehicle. At about 8:40 a.m., police in Eagle River spotted the maroon Chevy suburban, as described by Hanifin’s father, and followed it northbound on the Glenn Highway. Police vehicles cornered Hanifin after he took the Fort Richardson exit, prompting closure of the gate and redirection of inbound traffic. The man was armed with at least two handguns and had ammunition visible on the SUV’s dashboard. After hours of negotiating, Anchorage police spokeswoman Anita Shell said that SWAT teams were prepared to take “tactical maneuvers” to “remove Hanifin” from his SUV when he voluntarily gave himself up to police. SWAT teams, negotiators, K-9 officers and a swarm of police remained on scene until the standoff ended around 1:30 p.m. Hanifin is currently in police custody and will then be taken to Providence Alaska Medical Hospital for evaluation. After his release from Providence, he will be taken to the Anchorage Jail on charges of reckless endangerment. |
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Phil said on Wednesday, Aug 24 at 9:36 PM
30 cops and one suspect? Guess they have to earn their $100,000 salaries somehow. I'm certainly glad they didn't shoot the man as they would of usually do. It's probably because there were Army MP's watching. If this had happened where no one was around these overpaid, overweight, shoot first ask questions later cops would of probably shot and killed the man. But 30 cops involved? That's crazy!
72877652Anch_Scanner said on Friday, Aug 19 at 12:57 PM
Endub- please elaborate on your statement that "they have done many times in the past". I dont think you can mention two such instances in 5 years where they were not facing a deadly force threat to themselves or others, forcing them to have to use lethal force. Perhaps you have not heard the entire story of situations you are thinking of.
72619029soldier said on Thursday, Aug 18 at 10:26 PM
To Anonymous...i guarentee that it happened today. Not sure what exactly makes you think it happened yesterday
72584294Drew said on Thursday, Aug 18 at 9:21 PM
Thank goodness for the comfort of an expensive SUV and its excellent luxuries, radio.CD/player and air-conditioning. Affording the gas to run it too, shows further luxurious living standards, that, and able to afford two handguns pushing a $1,000 a piece certainly reflects hardship..Not !
72583139dee troy said on Thursday, Aug 18 at 5:19 PM
Thank God this young mans family didn't have to face a awful outcome.
72575117Endub said on Thursday, Aug 18 at 4:07 PM
I am so very glad to hear that police did not just shoot this troubled boy, as they have done many times in the past, but instead were able to voice there strengths and help him from doing harm to himself or others around him. Thank you for this good outcome news report.
72572414Anonymous said on Thursday, Aug 18 at 4:00 PM
It shows that this article was created yesterday but this happened today.
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