Wasilla man found dead Monday morning after a report of shots fired

Alaska State Troopers
Alaska State Troopers

A Wasilla man was found dead early Monday morning.

Alaska State Troopers received a report of gunshots fired at the intersection of Old Matanuska Road and S B Shannon Street in Wasilla at 4:39 a.m. Monday. Troopers responded and found Derek Welsh, 32, dead inside a vehicle. The death is being investigated as a homicide, troopers said in an online dispatch posted Monday afternoon.

Troopers are asking anyone with information about the death call 907-352-5401.

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