Alaska State Troopers are investigating two Mat-Su Valley home invasions that turned violent Monday night.
Troopers have not yet determined if the two incidents are linked, said AST spokeswoman Beth Ipsen. Both involved two male suspects, happened within a few hours of each other and were roughly 10 miles apart.
At about 4:10 p.m., troopers responded to a residence on Wasilla-Fishhook Road for a reported home invasion. An investigation by troopers found two unidentified males entered the home through an unlocked door and attacked a woman and her son, according to an AST dispatch posted Tuesday morning.
The men then ran away. The woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries and an AST K-9 was called to track the suspects. There appears to have been a vehicle parked nearby that the suspects drove away in, the dispatch says. An investigation is ongoing.
Around 6:50 p.m., authorities received a report of another home invasion and shooting at the Creekwood Park Apartments, located near the Palmer-Wasilla Highway and Trunk Road intersection, according to a separate AST dispatch posted Tuesday.
When troopers arrived at the apartment they found a man “suffering from multiple gunshot wounds,” the dispatch says.
According to troopers, two males reportedly entered the home and threatened the people inside. The man was shot, but he fired a gun at the intruders before they fled, the dispatch says. He was hospitalized at Mat-Su Regional Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. AST’s Alaska Bureau of Investigation is handling the ongoing investigation.
Around 7 p.m., two males showed up at Mat-Su Regional “suffering from what appears to be gunshot wounds,” said AST spokeswoman Beth Ipsen in an email. Because they’re in critical condition, troopers haven’t been able to talk to them to learn how they were injured.
“Right now, they could be separate incidents,” Ipsen said of the two males at the hospital and the home invasion. “We just don’t have enough information yet.”
–This is a developing story.