FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Fairbanks police have arrested a third person connected to a shooting that left a man wounded Dec. 13.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (https://bit.ly/2hSME95) reports 20-year-old Chaianne Kakaruk (sheye-AN KAK-ah-ruk) is charged with robbery in shooting that wounded 28-year-old Lawrence Perdue.
Twenty-one-year-old Niikia Brown and 19-year-old Curtis Frarey are jailed on the same charge. Brown is also charged with felony assault.
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Prosecutors say the case involves drugs.
Kakaruk told police Perdue stole $400 in anti-anxiety medication from her but dropped methamphetamine in her car.
Kakaruk, Brown and Frarey arranged to meet with Perdue to sell him back the drug. She said Perdue pulled a gun and was shot by Brown and Frarey.
Perdue remained hospitalized late last month. In a police interview, he denied pointing a gun at anyone.
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Information from: Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner, https://www.newsminer.com
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