If police would just wait-out mentally-ill people and freaked-out youth, instead of thinking control must be taken immediately, there would be fewer injuries and shootings during stand-offs. It's not just an Anchorage problem, but a problem around the entire country at city, state, and federal levels. Authorities won't just stand back and wait people out, but they should because most of the time they are dealing with mere kids or mentally-ill people.

In this case, no one who is mentally stable shoots at people over trees or brush cutting, nor is willing to get into an armed stand-off with police over trees or brush cutting. It's obvious the fellow has mental health problems.