On October 26, 1996, four-year-old Corey Paul Ely was shot and killed at an apartment in the Chugiak/Eagle River area north of Anchorage during a domestic-violence incident that also claimed the life of his five-year-old sister, Jessica Ely, and Anchorage Police Officer Dan Richard Seely. The children’s mother, Christina Ely, who had been living apart from her husband Paul Ely Jr., was wounded when a bullet that passed through Jessica struck her. Officer Seely had gone to the residence in connection with an outstanding warrant and protective-order history involving Paul Ely Jr.

Reports say Paul Ely Jr. fled into a hallway, shot Officer Seely at close range, then went to a nearby residence where he shot Jessica and Corey before turning the gun on himself; Officer Seely later died at a hospital while the father and children were pronounced dead at the scene. The case ended when the suspected shooter died by suicide; Corey is recorded in memorial listings as a victim of gun violence in Anchorage on October 26, 1996.

If anyone knew Corey or has information about that day, please share what you know.