A grand jury has indicted an Anchorage man on multiple charges, including attempted murder, after he shot a teenager who stabbed him in a fight that broke out on the grounds of a local school, according to prosecutors.
On July 2, John-Rexie Lagman, 22, was among a group of teenagers and young adults who “gathered at Williwaw Elementary School to engage in a fight,” according to the Anchorage District Attorney’s Office. The victim stabbed Lagman and others while the fight was happening, the charging document states, and ran away. Lagman then shot twice at the victim, who received life-threatening injuries, according to the charges.
Lagman, currently in custody, is charged with first-degree attempted murder, three counts of first-degree assault and one count of third-degree assault, prosecutors said. If convicted, he faces up to 99 years in prison for the attempted murder charge, up to 20 years for each of the first-degree assault charges and up to five years for the third-degree assault charge.
His arraignment is scheduled for Tuesday.