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PALMER, Alaska – A man holding up a machete and standing at the top of a restaurant sign was shot by soldiers from the state of Alaska, KTVA said.
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State soldiers were called to the Palmer Sunrise Grill on Thursday night to assist in a conflict that turned into a deadlock, the television channel reported. They found a man holding a "big sharp object" while he was perched at the restaurant, reported KTUU.
S. Colony Way, W. Fireweed Avenue and S. Bailey are cordoned off while Palmer Police respond to a man perched on a sign armed with a machete https://t.co/MNdsKLhM73 pic.twitter.com/RjVJ2royLl
– KTUU.com (@ Ch2KTUU) November 23, 2018
The suspect then jumped from the roof to a fire truck and ran away.
"The situation eventually resulted in gunshots at the corner of Evergreen and Dimond," said Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters at a press conference .
The suspect was shot and died as a result of his injuries, Peters said.
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