30th homicide makes 2016 Anchorage’s deadliest year on record

There’s a new record for Anchorage and not one to be proud of — a murder Tuesday night has pushed the city’s yearly homicide rate to an all-time high. The Anchorage Police Department says 2016 has had 30 homicides so far, surpassing a record set in 1995 when that year ended with 29.
The latest homicide occurred in an East Anchorage neighborhood off of Boniface Parkway, and police are calling it a case of domestic violence.
A woman who said her husband was holding a gun to her h