Update: Anchorage police have identified the suspect as 73-year-old John Marshall Bagley, who allegedly stabbed his wife when she slipped and fell on ice while trying to leave the residence. According to a statement from the Anchorage Police Department, a passerby witnessed the assault and intervened by firing a gun into the air.
ANCHORAGE – A woman has been hospitalized following a stabbing Wednesday, authorities said.
Around 6:30 p.m., police received a call that a woman had been stabbed at a residence on the 13000 block of Back Road.
Police and medics responded and the woman was taken to a local hospital with severe injuries, police said.
A suspect has been taken into custody. Police said they were told a verbal altercation took place between the man and woman before the man stabbed her.
The incident is under investigation.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.