Richard Hall, 56, died in Ketchikan, Alaska, on May 12, 2017, in an incident recorded as involving gun violence. His name and age appear on a national roll of Americans killed with guns for that date and on a state incident record referenced by the Gun Violence Archive under incident number AK17030834, establishing the basic facts of the death.

Public coverage from the period and local year-in-review pieces list other Ketchikan homicides later in 2017 but do not provide additional reporting about Hall’s death. Accessible archives contain no contemporaneous article naming a suspect, and there is no indication that authorities announced an identified suspect or made an arrest in his death.

If anyone knew Richard Hall or has information about what happened in Ketchikan on May 12, 2017, please share details with local law enforcement.