16-year-old charged with killing two people in shooting in remote Alaska community
A 16-year-old was charged with killing two people and injuring two others in a shooting in Alaska late Sunday, according to court documents filed Monday.
A 16-year-old was charged with killing two people and injuring two others in a shooting in Alaska late Sunday, according to court documents filed Monday.
The teenager was charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder in the slayings, which have rocked Point Hope, a remote Inupiat whaling community on Alaska’s northwest coast, bordering the Chukchi Sea.
North Slope Borough police responded to a report of a shooting at a home around 11:35 p.m. A man and a woman were discovered dead, and two men were severely wounded. All had been shot, according to court records in the Second Judicial District at Kotzebue.
Police didn't provide any updates on the conditions of the injured victims.
A witness told police she saw the 16-year-old enter the home with a handgun and start shooting, while another witness reported seeing the armed teen flee in a vehicle.
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