Michael White, 40, was shot and killed on April 15, 2019, in Seward, Alaska, when gunfire broke out inside a van during a confrontation on Nash Road. Alaska State Troopers were dispatched about 6:06 p.m. and found White and a second man, Dustin Marx, 28, both deceased from gunshot wounds. Joseph Chandler Jr. called authorities and told troopers the two men had driven a van onto his property, refused to leave, and that an argument escalated before he fired inside the van because he felt threatened. Troopers arrested Chandler the next day on two counts of first-degree murder; later court documents said no weapons were recovered from the van.

The case proceeded through years of litigation, with a mistrial after one jury deadlocked and multiple attempts to seat juries stretching the matter into 2023. Michael White’s death is recorded in regional reports and national gun-violence databases as a 40-year-old killed by gunfire in Seward on April 15, 2019. If anyone has information about that evening or knew Michael White, please share what you can.