On the evening of December 21, 2023, in a Wasilla home, 57-year-old William Nunley, a White/Caucasian male, became entangled in a violent family dispute when he stepped in to protect relatives from an armed family member. Alaska State Troopers and Wasilla police were dispatched around 5:45 p.m. after reports of multiple gunshots; when they arrived, they found Nunley and 50-year-old Patrick Kammermeyer, both of Wasilla, fatally wounded. Troopers later said Kammermeyer had been striking a family member with a firearm, and that Nunley, a 57-year-old male, moved to shield multiple relatives, leading to an exchange of gunfire in which each man shot the other. Both were declared dead at the scene that Thursday night.
The Alaska Bureau of Investigation assumed responsibility for the case, and the bodies were sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office for autopsy. A Troopers spokesperson declined to answer additional questions, citing family requests for privacy. Authorities described the incident as a domestic dispute that escalated into mutual gunfire; there was no indication of any suspect at large.
No arrests were made in connection with the death of 57-year-old male William Nunley because the only other participant identified by investigators, Kammermeyer, also died at the scene. Public summaries from state and local reporting consistently frame the episode as a self-contained confrontation inside the residence, investigated by the Alaska Bureau of Investigation, with both principals deceased and no continuing threat or outstanding suspect.
