A Kotlik man has been sentenced to serve six years in prison after pleading guilty to criminally negligent homicide for shooting a man in the lower Yukon village in 2021.
Kotlik man shot to death during fight at another resident’s home, troopers say Author: Anchorage Daily News
Print article A Kotlik man was fatally shot this week after he refused to leave another person’s home and attacked them, resulting in a physical fight, according to Alaska State Troopers. Yago Pitka, 49, was asked to leave another Kotlik resident’s house but Pitka refused, troopers said in an online report. Pitka then attacked the resident inside, resulting in a brawl, according to troopers. The resident produced a firearm and fired at Pitka, who was declared dead at the scene, troopers said.