Gentleman in custody after creating threats with a weapon at Resort Captain Cook, Anchorage police say

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Police have taken a person into custody after he allegedly barricaded himself in a area of the Lodge Captain Prepare dinner and created threats with a weapon. A number of downtown Anchorage streets had been initially shut to targeted traffic when a big variety of police officers responded to the region.

Anchorage law enforcement reported Friday afternoon that there was a “large law enforcement presence” downtown in the region of Fourth and Fifth Avenues, amongst K Street and I Street. They responded to the lodge just just before 2:45 p.m. and expanded the closure to incorporate Third and Seventh Avenues between K Street and I Road.

In a press launch, police reported the department’s special functions personnel experienced responded to the hotel, which is situated on West Fifth Avenue. That group includes a tactical assist device and a crisis negotiation crew.

By 6:30 p.m., police noted that a gentleman had been taken into custody soon after the close to 4-hour standoff and officers ended up breaking down the perimeter they experienced established up. They wrote that the guy “who was barricaded in a area following generating threats with a weapon” was taken into custody “without even further incident” and that there had been no accidents.

Nick Weatherman, supervisor of Anchorage Pel’meni on K Road, stated he seen law enforcement blocking the place off at the finish of his change just following 2:45 p.m. on Friday.

“As shortly as they received out of their automobiles they ended up pulling out their rifles and their helmets,” Weatherman stated. He said they began aiming weapons at a tower of the Captain Prepare dinner.

Anchorage police officers aim their weapons at the Hotel Captain Cook while responding to a... — Anchorage police officers goal their weapons at the Lodge Captain Cook whilst responding to a “disturbance” in downtown Anchorage, Alaska on Friday, April 15, 2022.(Photo courtesy Nick Weatherman)

“And then a cop ran above to me, he claimed I should most likely get away from the home windows,” Weatherman said.

Erin Johnson spoke to Alaska’s Information Source from the foyer of the resort. She mentioned officers appeared to be heading upstairs, and ended up making it possible for individuals to continue to be in the lobby.

Johnson said police had been not allowing people today go away by way of the exit that prospects to K Street, but were making it possible for people to go away from other exits.

“Everybody appears to be to be really quiet,” she explained. “Everyone’s undertaking their job and addressing what wants to be completed. No panic or something of that nature.”

Police suggested the public, equally in vehicles and on foot, to stay absent from the spot throughout the standoff.

“We thank the local community for their tolerance and cooperation all through our reaction,” they stated in the statement.

An officer points his weapon at the Hotel Captain Cook as officers respond to a "disturbance"... — An officer points his weapon at the Resort Captain Prepare dinner as officers answer to a “disturbance” in downtown Anchorage, Alaska on Friday, April 15, 2022.(Patrick Enslow/Alaska’s News Resource)

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