Teenager in custody after 2 killed, 2 injured during shooting in remote Alaska whaling village

By Mark Thiessen And Jennifer Sinco Kelleher THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)- Two people were killed and two were seriously wounded during a shooting at a home in a remote Inupiat whaling village on Alaska’s northwest coast and a 16-year-old boy was in custody Monday, according to the Anchorage Daily News. Details were slow to emerge about Sunday’s shooting in Point Hope, which shook the small community and prompted a local school’s closure on Monday. The newspaper, citing court documents, reported that the teenage suspect has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree attempted murder. State law allows minors 16 and older to be tried in adult court on murder charges. The newspaper’s reporting was based on a summary of a police report included…

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