Dustin Dusty Iworrigan

On July 27, 2023, in Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, Alaskan Native Dustin “Dusty” Iworrigan—age 33, male—was shot and ultimately died from his wounds. A 9:50 p.m. call to Alaska State Troopers first described an attempted suicide, drawing investigators to the village as fog and distance stretched the hours. In a close-knit place where families are intertwined, the name that would soon surface belonged to someone inside the same household.

As troopers worked back through ...

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