An unidentified suspect has been arrested in the shooting death of a 56-year-old man on Shuyak Island.
Alaska State Troopers were contacted on Tuesday and asked to do a welfare check at the Port William Wilderness Lodge. Kodiak troopers found the victim dead outside a bunkhouse, according to an online dispatch. The Alaska Bureau of Investigation also responded to the scene and determined the victim had been shot.
A suspect was identified and troopers’ investigation revealed he had left Shuyak Island and traveled to Anchorage. The Anchorage Police Department was notified and found him on the 1000 block of Hoyt Street, according to APD spokeswoman Renee Oistad. He was arrested without incident at 1:07 a.m. on unrelated warrants.
AST spokeswoman Megan Peters said the suspect will not be identified until he is formally charged in this case. Troopers did note, however, that he is serving time without bail for a charge of failure to remand to jail in another case.
The Alaska State Medical Examiner’s office will take custody of the body and perform an autopsy, according to troopers. “Efforts to locate his next of kin are underway,” according to troopers.
