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One man responsible for mayhem, police say
By LISA DEMER and ELIZABETH BLUEMINK
Anchorage Daily News
Published: December 3, 2007
Last Modified: December 3, 2007 at 03:42 PM
Anchorage police say the man wanted for killing his father with a machete outside Palmer on Sunday and arrested in Anchorage this morning after a shooting and carjacking also killed a grad student in Spenard Sunday morning and shot a woman near Westchester Lagoon on Sunday night. Anchorage Police Chief Rob Heun said at a news conference this afternoon that Christopher Erin Rogers Jr., 28, has admitted all the attacks, a chain of violence over a 24-hour period, stretching from the Mat-Su Valley to downtown Anchorage.
Rogers was arrested around 7:30 a.m. after police found him driving a hijacked SUV in East Anchorage, police spokeswoman Anita Shell said. He's being held on trooper arrest warrants for murder and attempted murder related to the machete attack, which left a woman injured.
Rogers has a lengthy criminal record in Anchorage and Palmer, according to a public database of court records, which includes charges for assault, resisting arrest, harassment, driving while intoxicated, misconduct involving a controlled substance and domestic violence.
The rampage appears to have started in the Mat-Su. Troopers responded around 5:30 a.m. Sunday to a home on Outer Springer Loop south of Palmer. Christopher E. Rogers Sr., 51, was killed and a woman in the home, Elann Moren, 55, was seriously injured. Troopers said they suspected the younger Rogers and issued an arrest warrant. The injuries were inflicted with a machete or something similar, troopers said.
At 7:30 a.m. Sunday, people on the 4300 block of Lois Drive in Spenard, near Spenard Builders Supply, heard shots. At 10 a.m. a couple walking their dog found UAA grad student Jason Wenger slumped dead in his Bronco in front of his house. He had been shot.
Just before 8 p.m. Sunday, Elizabeth Rumsey was walking near 15th Avenue and N Street when she passed a man she later told police gave her a bad feeling. She heard three shots and at least one hit her in the back. Police initially said she was jogging when she was attacked, but friends said Rumsey, who works as a clerk for the Alaska Supreme Court, was walking home from seeing a movie at the Bear Tooth.
This morning, Anchorage police blocked the eastbound lane of Northern Lights Boulevard at Bragaw Street due to a morning carjacking and shooting in the Westchester Lagoon area that left a man in the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.
Police closed the traffic lane because of several vehicle crashes that happened while the alleged shooter in the hijacked vehicle -- since identified as Rogers -- tried to evade police, Shell said.
The shooting victim is in surgery at a local hospital and is expected to live, Shell said.
The victim had just started the vehicle, near 16th Avenue and K Street, at about 7 a.m. when he was approached by the assailant, who shot him several times and took his vehicle, she said.
Rogers Jr., was arrested at 7:30 a.m. after police found him driving the vehicle. He was stopped in the vicinity of Northern Lights and Boniface Parkway, Shell said.
Return to adn.com for updates to this story, and see tomorrow's print edition of the Daily News for full coverage.
Contact reporters Lisa Demer at ldemer@adn.com and Elizabeth Bluemink at ebluemink@adn.com and James Halpin at jhalpin @adn.com
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One man responsible for mayhem, police say
By LISA DEMER and ELIZABETH BLUEMINK
Anchorage Daily News
Published: December 3, 2007
Last Modified: December 3, 2007 at 03:42 PM
Anchorage police say the man wanted for killing his father with a machete outside Palmer on Sunday and arrested in Anchorage this morning after a shooting and carjacking also killed a grad student in Spenard Sunday morning and shot a woman near Westchester Lagoon on Sunday night. Anchorage Police Chief Rob Heun said at a news conference this afternoon that Christopher Erin Rogers Jr., 28, has admitted all the attacks, a chain of violence over a 24-hour period, stretching from the Mat-Su Valley to downtown Anchorage.
Rogers was arrested around 7:30 a.m. after police found him driving a hijacked SUV in East Anchorage, police spokeswoman Anita Shell said. He's being held on trooper arrest warrants for murder and attempted murder related to the machete attack, which left a woman injured.
Rogers has a lengthy criminal record in Anchorage and Palmer, according to a public database of court records, which includes charges for assault, resisting arrest, harassment, driving while intoxicated, misconduct involving a controlled substance and domestic violence.
The rampage appears to have started in the Mat-Su. Troopers responded around 5:30 a.m. Sunday to a home on Outer Springer Loop south of Palmer. Christopher E. Rogers Sr., 51, was killed and a woman in the home, Elann Moren, 55, was seriously injured. Troopers said they suspected the younger Rogers and issued an arrest warrant. The injuries were inflicted with a machete or something similar, troopers said.
At 7:30 a.m. Sunday, people on the 4300 block of Lois Drive in Spenard, near Spenard Builders Supply, heard shots. At 10 a.m. a couple walking their dog found UAA grad student Jason Wenger slumped dead in his Bronco in front of his house. He had been shot.
Just before 8 p.m. Sunday, Elizabeth Rumsey was walking near 15th Avenue and N Street when she passed a man she later told police gave her a bad feeling. She heard three shots and at least one hit her in the back. Police initially said she was jogging when she was attacked, but friends said Rumsey, who works as a clerk for the Alaska Supreme Court, was walking home from seeing a movie at the Bear Tooth.
This morning, Anchorage police blocked the eastbound lane of Northern Lights Boulevard at Bragaw Street due to a morning carjacking and shooting in the Westchester Lagoon area that left a man in the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.
Police closed the traffic lane because of several vehicle crashes that happened while the alleged shooter in the hijacked vehicle -- since identified as Rogers -- tried to evade police, Shell said.
The shooting victim is in surgery at a local hospital and is expected to live, Shell said.
The victim had just started the vehicle, near 16th Avenue and K Street, at about 7 a.m. when he was approached by the assailant, who shot him several times and took his vehicle, she said.
Rogers Jr., was arrested at 7:30 a.m. after police found him driving the vehicle. He was stopped in the vicinity of Northern Lights and Boniface Parkway, Shell said.
Return to adn.com for updates to this story, and see tomorrow's print edition of the Daily News for full coverage.
Contact reporters Lisa Demer at ldemer@adn.com and Elizabeth Bluemink at ebluemink@adn.com and James Halpin at jhalpin @adn.com
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