Update: Armed conflict in Chevak leaves one dead, another wounded

Updated: 2:14 p.m. Thursday
One person is dead and another wounded after an armed conflict yesterday in the village of Chevak.
Alaska State troopers report that Harold Paniyak, 24, shot a village police officer and then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide.
According to another VPO, the suspect shot the officer three times before taking his own life.
The suspect died instantly, and the wounded VPSO was medevac’d to Anchorage Hospital for treatment of life threatening injuries.
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