Anchorage police cleared in hatchet-wielding suspect’s death

ANCHORAGE — A state review has determined that two Anchorage police officers were legally justified in fatally shooting a man after responding to a robbery report at a Home Depot.
KTUU-TV reports that an investigation by the Office of Special Prosecutions cleared the officers of wrongdoing in the July 12 death of Benjamin Zeckovic, 24.
Police had responded that night to reports from store employees of a man stealing several hatchets and axes.
The state report says Zeckovic threw a hatchet