The search began when the boys took the gun to a gun shop for work. The owner of the store from which the gun had been stolen happened to be in the shop at the time. When he recognized his gun, he yelled. The two boys grabbed the gun, sped off in a car and eventually fled on foot into a wooded area near the University of Alaska Anchorage. More than a dozen police and FBI officers searched for the two for three hours before tracking them down in a mobile home.
Police say the two are suspects in another gun shop robbery last month.
Anchorage cops investigated for excessive force The Anchorage Police Department has removed two officers from patrol duties. That's pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations they used excessive force during an arrest. The names of the officers are not being released. The two have been temporarily assigned to clerical jobs. Police officials did not provide details of the arrest, which occurred in late March during an investigation into an alleged case of drunk driving.