Woman kills Alaska's former top cop

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A woman fatally shot the former head of Alaska's state police, wounded his wife and then turned the gun on herself Saturday, authorities said.

The armed woman ambushed retired Alaska Commissioner of Public Safety Glenn Godfrey and his wife, Patricia, as they arrived at their home in suburban Eagle River about 12:30 a.m., police said.

The assailant hit the 53-year-old retired commissioner first, striking him twice in the stomach and once in the head, then shot his 52-year-old wife as she fled up a flight of stairs, police said.

Patricia Godfrey suffered wounds in the arm, leg and stomach and was undergoing surgery Saturday morning at Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage.