2 police officers fatally shot in Alaska village

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Two police officers were fatally shot in a tiny Native village in southeast Alaska and authorities were in a standoff Sunday with the suspect, local officials said.

Bob Prunella, acting Hoonah city administrator, said officers Tony Wallace, of Franklin, Ohio, and Matt Tokuoka died after the shooting late Saturday. He said he didn't know what led to the shooting.

Tokuoka was off-duty, and he and his wife and two children had left the home of his father-in-law, George Martin, moments before the shooting, Martin said.

Martin said he heard two shots, which were directed at Wallace, who was on-duty. The shots hit Wallace, Martin said.

Tokuoka told his wife and children to get away from the site, and then he was shot as well, Martin said.

"The whole town's in shock," he said. "I've been getting calls all day. It's a bad situation."

Mayor Windy Skaflestad said the suspect, John Marvin Jr., has barricaded himself in his Hoonah home. Skaflestad said a SWAT team was sent from Juneau, 40 miles to the east.

Alaska State Troopers also sent officers to the community of about 800 to assist in the standoff, but spokeswoman Megan Peters said no other information was being released.

Prunella said the deaths leave the Tlingit village with just one officer. He said the town of Wrangell is sending over some officers to help out.