Troopers will not face charges in New Year's Day shooting of Fairbanks man experiencing mental health crisis

Troopers will not face charges in New Year's Day shooting of Fairbanks man experiencing mental health crisis

Linda Rexford holds a photo of her brother, William Rexford, while standing beside their father, Herman Rexford, at a protest in Fairbanks on April 11, 2026. William Rexford was shot and killed by Alaska State Troopers while experiencing a mental health crisis on Jan. 1, 2026. (Shelby Herbert/KUAC) As protesters gathered along a main thoroughfare in Fairbanks on April 11, several carried portraits of William Rexford, a 24-year-old Alaska Native …