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Troopers: Woman dies after shooting herself outside Seward prison

Update: 8 a.m. Tuesday:

The woman, identified as Amanda Bee, 31, of North Pole, died at Providence Hospital in Seward shortly after 9 p.m. Monday, troopers said in a release Tuesday morning.

Bee's next of kin has been notified. Her body will be sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy, troopers said.

Check back for updates on this developing story.

Original story:

Alaska State Troopers say a 31-year-old woman had a gun outside of the Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward Monday and "stated she would kill herself if the convicted killers were not released."

Troopers in Crown Point, nearly 30 miles away, were dispatched to the maximum-security facility at 4:58 p.m. Monday. Before they arrived, they got a report that several correctional officers witnessed the woman, who has not been identified, shoot herself in the head, troopers said in a dispatch posted online Monday night.

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Correctional officers and nurses immediately started CPR, troopers said. The woman was said to still be breathing when she was taken to a Seward hospital.

Additional details were not immediately available late Monday.

Tegan Hanlon

Tegan Hanlon was a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News between 2013 and 2019. She now reports for Alaska Public Media.

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