Crime & Courts

APD: Suspect vehicle sought in shooting of woman mistakenly targeted

Anchorage police are looking for a white car involved in a July incident in which a woman was shot multiple times as she sat in her SUV at an Anchorage intersection, apparently after being mistaken for another person the shooter intended to target.

On Monday, police said the victim was mistakenly targeted due to the make and model of her vehicle.

"The victim herself was not the intended target," police said.

There was no sign that the occupants of the sedan and SUV had been in an altercation before the shooting, APD said.

Police released two photos, taken from surveillance footage,  of a white sedan described as the suspect vehicle.

Police have not released the victim's name nor or her condition. She was hospitalized after the incident.

Anyone with information about the location of the sedan is asked to call the APD's non-emergency line at 311, or Crime Stoppers at 561-STOP.

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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