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Troopers arrest Shungnak man after shooting puts the village on lockdown
Alaska State Troopers arrested a 23-year-old Shungnak man Sunday on charges of first-degree assault and misconduct involving a weapon after a shooting that put the Northwest Arctic village on lockdown.
He is accused of shooting a man, whose injuries troopers described as not life-threatening.
The village clinic called troopers at 4:50 am Sunday to report the shooting, according to the trooper dispatch. Shungnak was reported to be on lockdown while the suspect's whereabouts were unknown and the victim waited to be flown out for care.
Troopers traveled to Shungnak, found the man in a wooded area and arrested him without incident. He is being held at Kotzebue Regional Jail.
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