Ronald Eugene Zimin

Male, age 36. Ethnicity not publicly reported. On October 22, 1986, in the remote Bristol Bay village of South Naknek, Village Public Safety Officer Ronald Eugene Zimin answered a domestic disturbance call that began like too many others—quiet voices on a radio, a short drive through wind and river fog, the familiar doorway of a home where tempers had broken loose. He stepped out, prepared to separate people and steady the night. Instead, as he exited the residence, a rifle cracked from ambush ...

Village Public Safety Officer Ronald Eugene Zimin

Slain VPSO was trying to run when he was shot, troopers say