Days after the ceremony in Manokotak was held in memory of slain Village Public Safety Officer Thomas Madole, his suspected killer has been found guilty of first-degree murder.
Madole was shot and killed March 19, 2013, while responding to a domestic violence call in the Alaska Native community.
At a jury trial in Dillingham Tuesday, Leroy Dick, Jr., 44, was found guilty of first-degree murder of a peace officer, according to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch.
Dick’s sentencing is scheduled for March 2015.