The Anchorage Police Department (APD) is looking for a man accused of stabbing a female Thursday at a homeless camp.
According to APD, at 7:30 p.m. police were notified of a stabbing in a wooded area near 19 Avenue and C Street.
“It was reported to police that three people were together at a homeless camp when an argument broke out in the group,” police wrote in a release.
Nineteen-year-old Johnathan Anaruk then began taking personal items of another male in the camp. The male and a female began to confront Anaruk, but Anaruk cut the female with a knife and assaulted her, APD said.
Anaruk fled the camp on foot.
Emergency responders took the female to a local hospital, where she was treated for non-life threatening injuries.
Anaruk faces assault and theft charges. Police have issued a warrant for his arrest, but have been unable to locate him.
Anaruk is described as 6 feet 2 inches tall and 155 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Police described the man as “homeless” and often seen in the Gambell, Fireweed and Midtown Anchorage areas.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is being asked to call Anchorage police at 907-786-8900.
