Anchorage police arrest man in Christmas Eve double homicide

ANCHORAGE (AP) – A man suspected of fatally shooting an Anchorage couple during a Christmas Eve robbery was arrested Tuesday after he surrendered at a west side motel, police said.

The arrest of Lamarkus Mann, 22, came after a police SWAT team and other officers surrounded a room at the Lakeshore Motel.

Mann was being sought on a murder warrant in the deaths Saturday of Danielle Brooks, 32, and Christopher Brooks, 38, in a shooting witnessed by a 6-year-old child in their home.

Police believe Mann and Jaylyn Franklin, 20, went to the couple's home in northeast Anchorage to rob them. Police arr...

 

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