Alaska News

Troopers: Fish camp shooting related to alcohol

A man was injured after a shotgun went off at a cabin near Bethel, Alaska State Troopers reported Thursday.

Bethel police told troopers they encountered Sarah Walker, 38, of Bethel, and Bruce Williams, 33, of Akiak, at Brown Slough in Bethel around 7 a.m. Wednesday. Williams was suffering from a gunshot wound, but it wasn't life-threatening, troopers reported.

Walker and Williams had been at a cabin on the Gweek River for fishing and hunting.

"Walker was handling a shotgun and ultimately shot Williams," troopers said. Both showed signs of being intoxicated, according to the trooper report.

Walker was taken to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Correctional Center. She faces a charge of felony assault. Williams was treated at the Yukon-Kuskowim Health Corp. hospital.

Lisa Demer

Lisa Demer was a longtime reporter for the Anchorage Daily News and Alaska Dispatch News. Among her many assignments, she spent three years based in Bethel as the newspaper's western Alaska correspondent. She left the ADN in 2018.

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