Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case provided updates Wednesday to the two officer-involved shootings that took place on back-to-back days during the second week of the new year.

The man Anchorage police said attempted to rob a spa and tie up an employee before police say they shot him twice when he ignored commands to drop his gun — was out on a reduced bail related to another robbery and assault case.

An Anchorage man shot by police last week as he fled an armed robbery in Midtown was wearing an ankle monitor for a prior charge that he robbed a Spenard restaurant at gunpoint last year, according to police and court records.

In Alaska, where the time to resolve most serious felony cases has nearly tripled over the past decade, one case was delayed so long that both victims died. A former prosecutor called it “a travesty of justice.

Police say a woman with tape around her wrists and mouth fled the location of the robbery and alerted someone at a nearby business.

A consultant hired by Anchorage’s municipal attorney has nearly a dozen recommendations to improve police de-escalation and use of force policies, after officers fatally shot a local teenager last year.

Anchorage, AK, — A woman originally from the Oswego County area has been missing for several months in Alaska, her family and police say. Kelsey Thomas, 33, was reported missing on Jan. 1, according to a news release by the Anchorage Police Department Saturday. Her last known location was in Anchorage, Alaska, according to her family.

Anchorage Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting on W. Northern Lights Blvd. A male suspect sustained life-threatening injuries. The investigation is ongoing.

A man held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex has died after authorities say his cellmate severely beat him, in a case involving mental health concerns. William Farmer, 36, died Monday at an Anchorage hospital, according to an Alaska State Troopers statement. He is the first Alaska inmate to die this year.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Thousands of residents across Alaska’s largest city were still without power Monday, a day after a powerful storm brought hurricane-force winds that downed power lines, damaged trees, forced more than a dozen planes to divert, and caused a pedestrian bridge over a highway to partially collapse.

Two men shot by Anchorage police last week in two separate instances ... APD Captain Amanda Fisher, who heads the department’s detective division, provided an update on both shootings.

Christopher Austin held the victim down and covered his eyes as another man — and then Austin — stabbed him several times, prosecutors say.