On the evening of December 21, 2023, in a Wasilla home, 57-year-old William Nunley intervened in a violent family dispute to protect relatives from an armed family member. Troopers and Wasilla police were called about 5:45 p.m. after reports of multiple gunshots. When they arrived they found Nunley and 50-year-old Patrick Kammermeyer, both of Wasilla, fatally wounded; both were declared dead at the scene that Thursday night.

Troopers later said Kammermeyer had been striking a family member with a firearm and that Nunley moved to shield relatives, leading to an exchange of gunfire in which each man shot the other. The Alaska Bureau of Investigation took over the inquiry and the bodies were sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy. Authorities described the episode as a domestic dispute that escalated into mutual gunfire, with no indication of any suspect at large and no arrests made because the only other identified participant also died at the scene.

If anyone witnessed the confrontation or has information about what happened inside the house that night, please share what is known.