Alaska photographer killed while shooting shooters
SUTTON, Alaska- A 30-year-old Anchorage man was shot and killed while trying to take imagery of others shooting weapons near Sutton.
Troopers on Monday identified the victim as Army veteran Adam C. Malaby, who was killed Saturday in the vicinity of Jonesville Mine Road, reports CBS affiliate KTVA.
Troopers in a web posting say he stepped into the line of fire of a person firing a .40 caliber pistol. The incident happened when Malaby was attempting to either photograph or take video of others shooting.
It wasn't immediately clear if Malaby was getting imagery with the permission of the shooters. Troopers' spokeswoman Megan Peters says in an email to The Associated Press that the situation is under investigation, and troopers haven't provided further information on the context of the incident.
The area they were shooting in isn't an official shooting range, reports KTVA, but the sounds of gunshots and four wheelers are a constant. After living nearby for more than two years, James Meyers said he's gotten used to some of the noise.
"The ricochet bullets and the explosions you don't really get used to; makes me nervous every time," he said, adding that when he learned that a man had been shot and killed over the weekend, it didn't come as a surprise. "I figured it was only a matter of time. With all that goes on up there, so many people shooting and so many indiscriminate directions without really any rules or guidelines."