TIM MOWRY, Staff Writer
Copyright 2006 MediaNews Group, Inc. and Fairbanks Publishing Company, Inc.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska)
A Fairbanks man is in jail after greeting Alaska State Troopers with three shots from a 12-gauge shotgun Sunday night when they arrived at his home.
John Moore, 43, was arrested on multiple charges following the incident on Fleshman Street near Farmers Loop and the Steese Highway.
Moore was charged with two counts of third-degree assault on police officers and one count each of first-degree burglary, third-degree domestic assault, fourth-degree assault and fourth-degree misconduct involving weapons. He was being held at Fairbanks Correctional Center on $75,000 bail Monday night.
Troopers received a 911 call from Moore’s wife just after 9 p.m. and she reported that he was drunk and might have a gun, according to a trooper report. There were also three children in the house, she told troopers.
When two troopers arrived at Moore’s house 15 minutes later, he was outside armed with a short-barreled 12-gauge pump-action shotgun. Moore fired the gun three times while troopers were within 25 to 40 yards. Troopers did not return fire.
“The troopers in this situation displayed a great deal of restraint,” said trooper spokesman Greg Wilkinson in Anchorage.
After firing the shots, Moore retreated to his residence and came back out without the shotgun.
He proceeded to kick in the barricaded door of a neighbor’s home where his wife had taken sanctuary a few minutes after calling troopers.
Moore left that residence without harming anyone and then eluded troopers.
Moore remained at large for about a half-hour while troopers searched the area for him. Four officers from the Fairbanks Police Department assisted four troopers on scene with the search.
Troopers found Moore hiding in a metal scrap pile next to a shop at 10:05 p.m.
March 14, 2006