Teenager dies after a stabbing during a fight in a Wasilla movie theater

Wasilla Police Department officers were dispatched to the Valley Cinema, on Old Matanuska Road, at about 6:45 p.m. Friday for a reported stabbing. Police and Alaska State Troopers arrived and found that multiple teenagers had been involved in a fight inside one of the theaters. During the fight, one teenager was stabbed, according to a press release issued by WPD Saturday afternoon.

The suspect remained on scene and cooperated with officers, while the victim was transported to Mat-Su Regional for life-saving treatment. The victim later died of their injuries after being air-lifted to Providence Hospital, police said.

This incident is being investigated as a homicide. Neither the suspect nor victim names will be released, as they are both juveniles, WPD said. The investigation is ongoing.

Wasilla Police request anyone present at the theater who may have witnessed this incident to contact Detective Sergeant Mike Bonadurer at 907-352-5462 and reference case 24-0829.