A man, male, age 35, and from St. Mary's, was discovered on March 24, 2023, at a residence in Mountain Village, Alaska, fatally wounded by multiple gunshot injuries. He was identified as Larry Andrews. At the moment of discovery, the victim—male, 35—was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his body, the result of a shooting that took place inside the home. Local Tribal Police had phoned in the homicide, and Alaska State Troopers responded from the St.
Mary's post, arriving swiftly—roughly 25 miles away—to conduct the scene investigation.
In the tense stillness of that March afternoon, the 35-year-old male victim lay dead, his life cut short by a volley of bullets. The community was shaken by the sudden violence claimed in its midst. Tribal officers had already detained a suspect by the time troopers arrived, holding the man at the scene even as the gravity of the loss settled in.
The suspect, male, age 34, a resident of Mountain Village named Darren Peterson, was taken into custody hours after the shooting. On March 25, the 34-year-old male was arraigned in Bethel, facing a litany of charges including first-degree murder, second-degree murder, misconduct involving weapons, and assault. Alcohol was believed to have played a role in the events leading up to the killing, casting a pall of sorrow over the community's understanding of how things unraveled.
Behind the courtroom walls, the accused—male, 34—stood charged with taking the life of a 35-year-old male. The indictment, handed down by a Bethel grand jury in early April 2023, spelled out the severity of the alleged crimes: one count of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder, and one count of third-degree assault. Bail had been set at $1,000,000, and the accused was housed at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Correctional Center. The investigation pressed on, but the charges painted a grim portrait of the violence that had struck the small Alaskan community.
The narrative began that spring afternoon: a group had gathered in the home, sharing drinks, laughter—and perhaps more troubling emotions. Then something fractured, and a. 22-caliber rifle was fired. The 35-year-old male victim fled as the weapon clicked, reloading. He did not escape. The shots struck him in the back, and he was found dead exiled from the laughter that had filled that house just moments before.
Thus, in the remote reaches of Mountain Village, Alaska, on March 24, 2023, a 35-year-old male named Larry Andrews was slain in what appeared to be a drunken confrontation. A 34-year-old male, Darren Peterson, now faces serious charges—murder, weapons misconduct, and assault—for the alleged killing.
