Anchorage

Police: Blood and bullet holes, but no victims at early morning shots-fired call

Responding to a report of shots fired outside a South Anchorage party early Sunday morning, police found blood and bullet holes in vehicles but no victims or suspects still at the scene.

Police got "several" calls about gunshots around the 2900 block of East 84th Avenue, off Lake Otis Parkway near Abbott Loop Elementary School, just after 5 a.m. Sunday, Anchorage Police Department spokeswoman Anita Shell wrote in a statement Sunday.

After the gunshots, "as many as 20 partygoers were seen scattering," from the scene, Shell wrote.

"Officers arrived to find several vehicles had been shot and blood at the scene but no victims were present and no suspect information was available," she wrote.

Michelle Theriault Boots

Michelle Theriault Boots is a longtime reporter for the Anchorage Daily News. She focuses on in-depth stories about the intersection of public policy and Alaskans' lives. Before joining the ADN in 2012, she worked at daily newspapers up and down the West Coast and earned a master's degree from the University of Oregon.

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