Man shot by FPD ‘prepared for armed confrontation’

Fairbanks Police released new details in an officer-involved shooting earlier this week that left one man dead.
In a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Fairbanks Police Chief Eric Jewkes said 21-year-old Matthew Colton Stover was prepared for an armed confrontation with officers.
The incident began Monday around 3 a.m. when a citizen called in suspicious activity in the Denny’s parking lot off Airport Way. The caller reported seeing a man wearing a mask and carrying a rifle.
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