White/Caucasian female Stephanie Henson, 31, of Kenai, Alaska, died on November 17, 2022, after she was shot in the roadway near California Avenue and First Street around 4 a.m. Witnesses reported gunfire and described a truck leaving the scene without headlights. Responding officers soon spotted a vehicle matching the description and attempted a stop that turned into a short pursuit before the driver pulled over several miles away.
The woman found at the scene was identified as Stephanie Henson, 31.
Police arrested 28-year-old Kevin Lee Park of Kenai and recovered a handgun, noting blood on him when he was taken into custody. According to charging documents summarized by local reporters, Park told investigators he and Henson were friends who had been together that night; after an argument turned physical on California Avenue, he admitted shooting her. He said he tried to lift her into his truck to take her to the hospital but fled when he could not do so. A nearby camera captured a struggle and a gunshot. Park was initially charged with first-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence, and first-degree failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer; he was held at the Wildwood Pretrial Facility.
In the days that followed, a Kenai grand jury indicted Park on multiple felony counts, including one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder, along with a count of failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer. The indictment formalized the allegations that the fatal shooting occurred during a roadside confrontation in the early-morning darkness and that Park left the scene before being stopped by law enforcement.
Community notices and memorial pages recorded the loss of Stephanie Henson, 31, and confirmed her death date and Kenai residency, providing biographical details alongside the criminal case updates reported in local media. These accounts align with gun-violence incident trackers that list the November 17, 2022 shooting on California Avenue in Kenai.
