Police killings
2013-2020

Dwight T. Heckman

Male, Native American

Date of the incident: 3/8/2018

Pilot Station, Wade Hampton, AK

Dwight Heckman allegedly assaulted a woman, strangled her and then dragged her out into the street, firing several shots from a handgun before he fled on a snowmachine, police said. The woman was reported safe with her family. When troopers found Heckman the following day, there was a gunfight, and Heckman was killed.