Crime & Courts

Wasilla teen killed in shooting, suspect arrested

Alaska State Troopers have arrested a Wasilla teenager for shooting to death another teen early Sunday morning.

Officers were called to a house in Wasilla at 2:30 a.m. Sunday for a reported shooting, troopers said in an online dispatch Sunday.

According to troopers, Jordan Flowers, 18, of Wasilla, “pointed a loaded pistol” at another 18-year-old and shot him in the neck.

Troopers have not released the victim’s name.

Flowers was arrested and taken to Mat-Su Pretrial facility.

No charging document had been filed as of Sunday afternoon, according to online court records.

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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