Arrest made in Mountain View shooting

June 02, 2010|by Channel 2 News Staff

Police say the young man was found dead outside from apparent gunshot wounds. (Jason Kohler/KTUU-DT)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Police have arrested a man for a shooting that took place Wednesday morning.

Ryan Angelo Malapit Sargento, 28, has been charged with first degree and second degree murder and tampering with physical evidence.

Anchorage police responded to a fatal shooting in a parking between two apartment complexes in Mountain View. The shooting took place around around 6:30 a.m.

"We found one person deceased, he is outdoors, he is not in an apartment," said Anchorage Police Lt. Dave Parker.

Police identified the man Wednesday as 30-year-old John Lee Taylor, of Anchorage.

Police say witnesses reported seeing a man wearing a camo jacket fleeing the area.

A K-9 unit that was on its way home after a shift diverted to the scene and was able to track a suspect matching the description down. The man, now identified as Sargento, was reportedly hiding in a shed a few blocks from the shooting and is now in custody, but has not been charged.

"We had a good track, and we found the suspect hiding in the shed in the 400 block of Mumford, a couple blocks west of where the homicide occurred," said APD officer Lonnie Brown, the dog's handler.

"Without the K-9 here there was no way they'd be able to find that guy hiding in the shed. Because he was a couple blocks away, hidden," Brown said.

Police say that witnesses told them Sargento and Taylor were in a verbal argument over the ownership of a cell phone when Sargento fired at Taylor with a handgun and then pistol whipped him before fleeing the scene, discarding the gun and hiding.

Police are still investigating and are looking for anybody who may have witnessed the shooting.

Contact Channel 2 News at news_desk@ktuu.com

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