Joseph Samuel Peterson, a 31-year-old white man, was shot and killed inside a home in the remote Alaska Peninsula village of Ivanof Bay during the night of July 16 into the early hours of July 17, 2016. Alaska State Troopers responding to a report of a shooting found Peterson dead at the scene. The community’s isolation—roughly 500 miles southwest of Anchorage—complicated the initial response and the investigation, and troopers remained on scene for an extended period while piecing events together.

Troopers and the Alaska Bureau of Investigation continued interviews and evidence work for months. In February 2018 authorities obtained an Anchorage court warrant and arrested Ole Shangin, then 32, in nearby Perryville; he was transported, held without bail, and charged with first- and second-degree murder. At arraignment in Naknek Court Shangin pleaded not guilty. Memorial and obituary notices list Peterson’s date and place of death as July 17, 2016, Ivanof Bay.

If anyone has information about Joseph Peterson, his movements in Ivanof Bay around July 16–17, 2016, or the events leading up to his death, please share what is known.