Police: Woman and her teen daughter shot to death in Alaska home

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A 15-year-old boy has been detained after a woman and her teenage daughter were fatally shot in a South Anchorage home.

Police received a call around 7 p.m. Tuesday from a man who said he arrived home to find his wife and daughter dead inside the house. One victim was found at the bottom of a set of stairs, and the other was found upstairs.

In a release Wednesday morning, authorities said the suspect lived at the home where the crime occurred. An officer characterized the case as an apparent act of domestic violence.

Police say the 15-year-old suspect took off in a pickup owned by one of the victims.

Alaska State Troopers later located the Chevy and took the driver into custody, the station reported.

The youth's name wasn't released because of his age. The Associated Press doesn't usually identify minors accused of crimes. It is withholding the victims' names because their relationship to the 15-year-old is unclear.

Charges have been referred to the Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice, and the suspect is being held at the McLaughlin Youth Facility in Anchorage.

Anchorage District Attorney Clint Campion told the Alaska Dispatch News that what charges, if any, filed against the teen won't be disclosed since this is a juvenile court matter.