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Anchorage bar owner says security guard killed shooter who fired on crowd

By Chris Klint
The owner of the downtown Anchorage bar that saw a deadly shooting early Sunday says the man killed in the encounter had exchanged gunfire with security guards.

John Pattee, owner of The Gaslight Lounge, released security footage of the shooting to reporters on Monday. In a lengthy interview, he described a chaotic night that left 23-year-old Leroy Manogiamanu dead and three people wounded.

Anchorage police declined to answer questions about Pattee’s account, including whether Manogiamanu had opened fire before he was killed, saying they’re still investigating.

‘My other staff guy shot him’
According to Pattee, the events leading to the shooting began when two women arrived in a car that parked outside the Gaslight. They had previously been “86’d” from the bar, he said, due to fighting.

“We know who they were, and they tried to enter the bar earlier, and we didn’t – we denied them entry,” Pattee said.

Soon afterward, surveillance video reviewed by Alaska Public Media shows a group of men – one of whom Pattee identified as Manogiamanu, based on the police report – walking past the bar eating food. Two of them later returned, wearing sweatshirts and masks. The man Pattee identified was also wearing a backpack on his chest.

Pattee said guards at the Gaslight who saw the masked men radioed an internal warning, calling for backup.

“They were alerted of, there’s a potential happening,” he said. “So we moved resources, human resources, to the front of the bar and outside, and that’s why we were ready.”

The situation escalated at 2:50 a.m., when the video shows that two of the women from the car started to fight outside the bar. Security staff who approached them also spoke with the masked men, asking them to leave the area.

The video shows one of the men raising a gun, prompting a guard to grab it. After a brief struggle the guard fell to the sidewalk, and the man opened fire on him.

Pattee said the guard was shot seven times, and another guard was struck in his hand. A female patron inside the Gaslight was also grazed by a round, as the video showed the man with the gun backing eastward along the sidewalk, continuing to shoot.

“As he’s retreating while he’s firing his gun, one of my other security staff – third guy, had gone to his car, which was also parked on the curb,” Pattee said. “He’s an ex-military guy, pulled out his weapon. And as the shooter is firing his gun in the direction of where he came from, my other staff guy shot him, killed him.”

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