Alaska Department Of Public Safety,State Troopers Public Information Office

Location: Kotlik

Type: Attempted Murder, Assault, Burglary, Theft, Terroristic Threatening

Dispatch Text:

On October 15, 2026, at 10:05 pm, the Alaska State Troopers received a report of a domestic disturbance in Kotlik. Several parties reported that 21-year-old Kotlik resident Benjamin Unok had assaulted a male juvenile, stolen three firearms and fled. Two separate and unrelated people reported Unok ran up to them from the woods and pointed a shotgun at them. Unok was also reported to have been shooting the shotgun around his residence. Emmonak Troopers responded to Kotlik and ,following an investigation, arrested and remanded Unok to the Emmonak Jail for two counts of Attempted Murder in the 1st Degree, three counts of Burglary in the 1st Degree, three counts of Assault in the 3rd Degree, one count of Assault in the 4th Degree, four counts of Theft in the 2nd Degree, one count of Terroristic Threatening in the 2nd Degree, and two counts of Assault in the Presence of a Child.