A 16-year-old Alaska boy has been charged as an adult in the shooting deaths of two people in the village of Point Hope. He was indicted on Friday and faces 16 felonies, according to reports. Associated Press.
Guy Nasyukpuk’s public defender, Daniel Dal Mole, has pleaded not guilty to the charges brought by the grand jury. His arraignment took less than five minutes. Mr. Nasyukpuk appeared by telephone from prison for proceedings in Kotzebue court.
The boy was charged with two counts each of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder, four counts of attempted murder, seven counts of assault and robbery in the Feb. 25 shooting that left two people dead and two injured. He has been charged with one crime.
ABC News report The victim’s name has not been released, and a North Slope district spokesperson did not say why this happened. The boy’s bail was set at $1 million, and bail was maintained at his arraignment.
Few details are known about the shooting, which reportedly occurred in a remote village about 1,100 miles from Anchorage and 320 miles from the Russian border. Authorities said they found two people dead and two others injured after responding to a call about a shooting at a Point Hope home, according to reports.
A witness told authorities that the boy entered the home with a handgun and began firing, but details of the altercation are not yet known. After the boy allegedly shot the victims, he fled on a four-wheeler.
Just 10 minutes after the incident, the boy’s father claimed his son admitted to shooting the four people and took him to the police station, according to court documents. Police also noted that the boy admitted to shooting the victim in the presence of his parents.
A motive has not yet been established in this case. It is also unclear whether the boy knew the victims.
The Associated Press reported that Point Hope has a population of 675 people and is located on a “triangular piece of land jutting into the Chukchi Sea.” The community is known as Tikigak of the Iñupiaq and is located within a treeless grid surrounding the Tikigak School, also known as the “home of the harpooners.”
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