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Former Washington Rep. Brian Sullivan shot to death in Alaska

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A former Washington state representative working as an assistant district attorney in Alaska was killed Monday night in a shooting.

KTUU-TV reported 48-year-old Brian Sullivan died Monday night in a shooting at a home in Barrow, the northernmost community in the United States.

North Slope Borough officials said a man was taken into custody. The suspect’s name was not immediately released.

Deputy Attorney General for the Department of Law’s Criminal Division Rick Svobodny said Sullivan had worked for the state since the spring of 2012, Alaska Public Radio Network reported.

Interim North Slope Borough Police Department Chief Darryl Holman requested that Alaska State Troopers assist in the investigation and Fairbanks troopers were preparing to fly to Barrow.

Sullivan served in the Washington state House from January 1997 to January 2001.