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INFORMATION RELEASE

Subject: Illegal discharge of firearm
Date: 2015-01-14
From: Sgt. Chris Gifford
Case or Incident: #150113-015
Summary:

On 01-13-2015 at 8:00 PM, Juneau Police responded to multiple reports of shots being fired in the 3600 block of Amalga Street. Arriving officers located spent handgun cartridges on the porch of an apartment in the area. Contact was made with the occupants of that apartment, and firearms were seized as one of the occupants, a 29 year-old female, was prohibited by her conditions of United States federal probation from possessing firearms or ammunition. Additional charges in the case have been forwarded to the City Attorney?s office for prosecution.

Alcohol was not a factor in this incident, and there were no injuries.

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.

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