An Anchorage police official confirmed Wednesday the suspect in what was reported initially as a murder-attempted suicide at a Mountain View apartment in July died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The Anchorage Police Department reported at the time that officers arrived at the apartment and found 49-year-old Pang Xiong suffering from a single gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
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A man inside the apartment, later identified as Cher Lor, also suffered a single gunshot wound. APD spokesperson Jennifer Castro said Lor shot himself during the event and was put on life support, but he was "barely clinging on."
Criminal charges depended on Cher's recovery.
"The case was investigated and the suspect passed," Castro said. "We knew it was a slim chance he was going to come back to."
Xiong's death was the 13th homicide of 2016 in Anchorage. So far this year there have been 22 homicide cases and two officer-involved shootings, which start out as homicide investigations, according to the police department.
Ten other deaths being investigated as homicides remain unresolved.
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