Alaska Department Of Public Safety,State Troopers Public Information Office

Dispatch Text:

On October 17, 2026, at 1514 hours, a caller reported an apparent burglary in progress at a house near 4-mile Beam Road in Nome.  AST started responding to the call.  A short time later, a neighbor near the scene called AST and reported a man just fired a gun toward him as he was driving his ATV in the area.  Upon arrival, AST contacted the assault victim, and Rafael Rodriquez (52 yoa of Galt, CA) near the scene.  Rodriguez and a female companion rushed to the property to stop the apparent burglary.  Rodriguez saw a man driving his ATV near the property and ordered him to stop. When the man didn't stop, he raised and fired a handgun near him.  The reported burglary turned out to be unfounded, and ABI and AST returned to the property to serve a search warrant at the property.  Rafael Rodriguez was arrested for Assault in the 3rd Degree, Misconduct Involving Weapons, and Violating Conditions of Release in an open criminal case.  Rodriguez was remanded to AMCC in Nome.