Anchorage police confront man with hatchet; shots fired

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Anchorage officer confronted a suspected prowler armed with a hatchet Thursday and fired shots in south Anchorage, police say.
An initial police news release does not indicate whether the suspect was struck.
Police just before 4:30 a.m. Thursday took a report of a prowler in south Anchorage between the Old and New Seward highways off 100th Avenue.
Officers found that someone had broken into multiple cars.
An officer spotted a man cutting through neighborhood yar