Alaska State Troopers capture escaped person of interest in Seward shooting case

A manhunt has come to an end on the Kenai Peninsula after Alaska State Troopers arrested a person involved in a fatal shooting Monday.

Officers found 55-year-old Danny Lowry and arrested him after he was arrested escaped the officers last week in Seward.

Lowry was being held in connection with a shooting that killed 51-year-old Billie Cubley.

Preliminary findings from the Alaska Bureau of Investigation show that Lowry tried to take a gun away from Cubley after she threatened to shoot herself, according to a report Troop dispatch.

According to police, several AST SWAT teams and Kenai Peninsula law enforcement agencies participated in the initial search, but it was called off shortly thereafter.

Officers forwarded the fourth-degree escape charge to the district attorney's office.