The family of a 16-year-old girl is demanding answers to why she was shot and killed by Anchorage police on the night of Aug. 13, 2024, while wielding a knife.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Easter Leafa turned 16 this past July. That day, her family gathered around to celebrate the occasion with a white cake covered in colorful sprinkles and big golden numbers on top., less than a month after that Sweet Sixteen celebration — the same week she was going to start her junior year of high school at Bettye Davis East High.
According to APD, the shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday when police were called to the Greenbriar Apartments off Tudor Road.According to Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case, when officers arrived at the apartment, they commanded Leafa to drop the knife, which she didn’t. “Just a 16-year-old came to the U.S. looking for a good school and a future and now she’s gone,” her sister Faialofa Dixon said.It all started, according to Easter’s older sister Rosalie Tialavea, after an additional sister called police claiming that Easter “came at her and hit her with the knife.”When police arrived, according to the family, one officer already had his gun out. They say they were told to get in a room for their safety and the safety of the officers.
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