Man killed by police in Utqiagvik identified as Gordon Killbear Jr.
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Alena Naiden
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Summary
Alaska State Troopers identified Gordon Killbear Jr., 46, as the man shot and killed by North Slope Borough police officers in Utqiagvik on Saturday. Officers Sergeant Riley Weik and Officer Christopher Green responded to a domestic violence call on Herman Street around 4 p.m. According to troopers, Killbear exited the residence with a knife and both officers shot him with their handguns. Killbear, a resident of Utqiagvik, was transported to a medical facility but did not survive.
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Two officers with the North Slope Borough Police Department, Sergeant Riley Weik and Officer Christopher Green, responded to a domestic violence call on Herman Street... at around 4 p.m.
They said Killbear came out of the residence with a knife and both officers shot him with their handguns.
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