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Attendees walk past the police headquarters during a march for Easter Leafa, a 16-year-old Samoan girl recently fatally shot by police, on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024 in Anchorage, Alaska. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

Attendees walk past the police headquarters during a march for Easter Leafa, a 16-year-old Samoan girl recently fatally shot by police, on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024 in Anchorage, Alaska. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

A prayer vigil drew about 100 residents, including members of the American Samoa community, to downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, after police shot and killed 16-year-old Easter Leafa. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

A prayer vigil drew about 100 residents, including members of the American Samoa community, to downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, after police shot and killed 16-year-old Easter Leafa. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Tammalivis Salanoa with the Polynesian Association of Alaska, is shown using her phone after a prayer vigil Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, after police shot and killed 16-year-old Easter Leafa, who had recently moved from American Samoa. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Tammalivis Salanoa with the Polynesian Association of Alaska, is shown using her phone after a prayer vigil Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, after police shot and killed 16-year-old Easter Leafa, who had recently moved from American Samoa. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Easter Leafa addresses a crowd during a march for her daughter, also named Easter Leafa recently fatally shot by police, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, outside the Nesbett Courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska. (Loren Holmes

Easter Leafa addresses a crowd during a march for her daughter, also named Easter Leafa recently fatally shot by police, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, outside the Nesbett Courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska. (Loren Holmes

A prayer vigil drew about 100 residents, including members of the American Samoa community, to downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, after police shot and killed 16-year-old Easter Leafa. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

A prayer vigil drew about 100 residents, including members of the American Samoa community, to downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, after police shot and killed 16-year-old Easter Leafa. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Rev. Patricia A. Wilson Cone, right, of First American Baptist Church, right, puts her hand on the shoulder of Lusiana Hansen, executive director of the Polynesian Association of Alaska, during a prayer vigil Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, after police shot and killed 16-year-old Easter Leafa, who had recently moved from American Samoa. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Rev. Patricia A. Wilson Cone, right, of First American Baptist Church, right, puts her hand on the shoulder of Lusiana Hansen, executive director of the Polynesian Association of Alaska, during a prayer vigil Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, after police shot and killed 16-year-old Easter Leafa, who had recently moved from American Samoa. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Rev. Samuel Unutoa speaks with Mayor Suzanne LaFrance and Police Chief Sean Case during a march for Easter Leafa, a 16-year-old recently fatally shot by police, on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, outside the police headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska. (Loren Holmes

Rev. Samuel Unutoa speaks with Mayor Suzanne LaFrance and Police Chief Sean Case during a march for Easter Leafa, a 16-year-old recently fatally shot by police, on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, outside the police headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska. (Loren Holmes

Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case addresses a news conference Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, after officers shot and killed 16-year-old Easter Leafa, who had recently moved to Alaska from American Samoa. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case addresses a news conference Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, after officers shot and killed 16-year-old Easter Leafa, who had recently moved to Alaska from American Samoa. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Rev. Patricia A. Wilson Cone, right, of First American Baptist Church, right, puts her hand on the shoulder of Lusiana Hansen, executive director of the Polynesian Association of Alaska, during a prayer vigil Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, after police shot and killed 16-year-old Easter Leafa, who had recently moved from American Samoa. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Rev. Patricia A. Wilson Cone, right, of First American Baptist Church, right, puts her hand on the shoulder of Lusiana Hansen, executive director of the Polynesian Association of Alaska, during a prayer vigil Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, after police shot and killed 16-year-old Easter Leafa, who had recently moved from American Samoa. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case addresses a news conference Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, after officers shot and killed 16-year-old Easter Leafa, who had recently moved to Alaska from American Samoa. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case addresses a news conference Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, after officers shot and killed 16-year-old Easter Leafa, who had recently moved to Alaska from American Samoa. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Lusiana Hansen, executive director of the Polynesian Association of Alaska, is shown speaking during a prayer vigil Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, after police shot and killed 16-year-old Easter Leafa, who had recently moved from American Samoa. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Lusiana Hansen, executive director of the Polynesian Association of Alaska, is shown speaking during a prayer vigil Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, after police shot and killed 16-year-old Easter Leafa, who had recently moved from American Samoa. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Attendees hold signs and the flag of Western Samoa during a march for Easter Leafa, a 16-year-old recently fatally shot by police, on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, outside the police headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

Attendees hold signs and the flag of Western Samoa during a march for Easter Leafa, a 16-year-old recently fatally shot by police, on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, outside the police headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP)