In the Inupiat Alaska Native village of Point Hope on the Chukchi Sea, 75-year-old male, Alaskan Native, Konrad Killigvuk was shot and killed on the night of February 25, 2024. He died at a home in his hometown community, where the quiet of winter gave way to gunfire that also claimed the life of Molly Stone and left two other men gravely wounded. Police were called around 11:35 p.m., and responders found a man and a woman dead inside the Agvik Street residence, with two additional men suffering severe gunshot injuries. Witnesses later told investigators they saw a teenage boy enter the house carrying a handgun, open fire, and flee on a four-wheeler across the snowbound streets.
By early minutes after the attack, the suspect's father escorted his son to the Point Hope police station. In an interview with officers conducted in the presence of his parents, the teen admitted to the shooting, according to charging documents. The names of the dead—75-year-old male Konrad Killigvuk and Molly Stone—were confirmed by regional reporting as the village confronted the scale of its loss. No motive was publicly detailed in the immediate aftermath.
Authorities identified the suspect as 16-year-old Guy Nashookpuk and charged him with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder. Under Alaska law, minors aged sixteen and older can face murder charges in adult court; Nashookpuk was charged as an adult, entered not-guilty pleas through a public defender, and had bail set at $1 million while a preliminary hearing was scheduled for March 8, 2024. Reporting also notes the detail that he was seen leaving the scene on a four-wheeler after the gunfire.
The shock rippled quickly through the village—known locally as Tikiġaq—where families were told school attendance would be optional so parents could keep children close, and behavioral health counselors were mobilized to help a community where nearly everyone knows one another. In the days that followed, candles were lit and names recorded by memorial projects tracking gun deaths, while local and statewide outlets chronicled how a late-night burst of violence pierced one of Alaska's most tightly knit places.
