Seventeen-year-old Mercedes Mott died on July 26, 2022, in Fairbanks, Alaska, when a family shooting at a Skyridge Drive home left four children dead. Alaska State Troopers responded to reports of shots fired about 4:17 p.m.; officers found Mercedes and two younger siblings, ages 8 and 5, dead from apparent gunshot wounds alongside a 15-year-old who had died from a self-inflicted wound. Subsequent reporting identified the 15-year-old as Kiefer Mott and stated he used a family-owned firearm.

Three other siblings under age seven in the home were not physically injured and the parents were away at the time. Investigators said there was no obvious reason or known motive and described the incident as neither accidental nor planned; authorities determined it to be a murder-suicide.

Does anyone have information about Mercedes, the family, or that neighborhood that could help clarify what happened?