Suspect in village fatal shooting makes self-defense claim

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A man charged with first-degree murder in a Yukon River village told investigators he acted in self-defense. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 27-year-old Conrad Jones of Koyukuk (KOY-yoo-kuk) is charged in the fatal shooting Tuesday night of 46-year-old Gene Mayfield, his mother’s boyfriend. Koyukuk is a village of 90 about 290 […]