Larry Andrews, 35 and from St. Mary’s, was found fatally wounded by multiple gunshot injuries inside a Mountain Village, Alaska, residence on March 24, 2023. Tribal police called in the homicide and Alaska State Troopers from the St. Mary’s post, about 25 miles away, responded to investigate the scene. Officers reported the victim had been struck in the back after a .22-caliber rifle was fired during an incident that began while a group was gathered in the home.

A 34-year-old Mountain Village resident, Darren Peterson, was detained at the scene and taken into custody hours after the shooting. He was arraigned in Bethel on March 25 on charges including first-degree murder, second-degree murder, misconduct involving weapons, and assault; a grand jury later returned an indictment listing one count of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder, and one count of third-degree assault, with bail set at $1,000,000 and the accused held at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Correctional Center. Alcohol was believed to have been involved in the events preceding the killing.

Does anyone in Mountain Village or St. Mary’s have information about the gathering that afternoon or the moments leading up to the shooting?