Crime & Justice

Police investigate gunfire in downtown Anchorage

ANCHORAGE -- Anchorage police say they're investigating an early morning downtown shooting in which three vehicles were damaged near a bar on Fourth Avenue.

Anchorage television station KTVA reports at least 20 rounds were fired at around 3 a.m. Sunday outside the PlayHouse bar.

Sgt. Clinton Peck says officers were in the area for bar closing and heard shots fired in a parking lot.

Peck says officers heard at least two guns fired simultaneously.

Occupants of two vehicles were detained.

No arrests had been announced as of late Sunday morning.

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