White/Caucasian. On July 26, 2022, in Fairbanks, Alaska, 5-year-old Miura Mott, a female child, was found dead alongside three of her siblings after gunshots were reported at a home in the Skyridge Drive subdivision. Alaska State Troopers said officers responded late that afternoon and discovered four juveniles dead from gunshot wounds. The children's parents were not at home when the shooting occurred.
Investigators determined the shooter was Miura Mott's 15-year-old brother, who used a family firearm to fatally shoot 17-year-old Mercedes, 8-year-old Ryker, and 5-year-old Miura before turning the gun on himself. Troopers said three other siblings, all under the age of seven, were in the residence but were not physically harmed. Authorities emphasized that the parents were away at the time. A motive was not publicly identified.
Because the 15-year-old shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, there were no arrests. The case was described by troopers as a murder-suicide, and the community response included memorial tributes for the children in the days that followed. Online remembrances specifically named Miura Mott, age 5, among those lost.
