JUNEAU POLICE DEPARTMENT
6255 ALAWAY AVENUE JUNEAU, ALASKA 99801
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INFORMATION RELEASE
Date: 2014-08-02
From: Sgt. Chris Gifford
Case or Incident: #140802-012
On 08-02-2014 at 3:38 PM, Juneau Police received a report of a man pointing a bow and arrow at another person, in the vicinity of Willoughby Avenue and Whittier Street. Officers responded to the area and located a man with a compound bow and several arrows in the lot off of Willoughby Avenue, near Village Street. Two victims were identified and interviewed; they were identified as a 35 year-old man and a 35 year-old woman. They said a man they did not know approached them and made a negative racial comment directed at them. The suspect, later identified as 23 year-old Wesley J. Bowman, walked away from them to a distance of about ten feet, before turning and raising the bow and drawing back the arrow as he pointed it in their direction.
No one was injured in this incident. Bowman was arrested and lodged at the Lemon Creek Correctional Center on two counts of Assault in the Third Degree, a class C felony.
Alcohol was a factor in this incident.
All factual allegations contained in this release are based upon preliminary investigation and are subject to change or clarification as the investigation continues. Any charges reported in this release are merely accusations and all persons named in this release are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.