Citing the eight-hour survivability rate of a man in the water, the United States Coast Guard called off the search for missing Akhiok man, Brandon Phillips on Sunday. The Coast Guard had dispatched several helicopters to the area to search for the missing man over the weekend.
On Friday, October 18th, a disturbance call originated in Ouzinkie at 7:56 pm reporting an assault. Troopers initiated an investigation into the incident, as troopers investigated the incident in Ouzinkie, their investigation caused them to look into a broken van window as well.
Late Saturday night, a report of an overdue hiker went out to the Alaska State Troopers in Kodiak from the village of Akhiok, 80 miles southwest of Kodiak.
Alaska State Troopers are urging the residents of Noorvik to use caution and avoid the area where a Crisis Negotiator Team and SERT members are negotiating with a barricaded gunman in Noorvik.