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Man Killed by Anchorage Police Linked to 5 Summer Homicides
James Dale Ritchie, 40, was a promising athlete whose life had been lost to narcotics. He was killed by other officers after ambushing an Anchorage cop in his patrol car. His gun has been linked to five homicides in July and August in the Alaska city. Ritchie once wrote to a judge, “I’ve ruined my life.”