Paul Ely
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- Gender
- male
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska, USA
- Date of birth
- 1968
- Age at first offence
- 28
- Characteristics
- domestic violence
- Victim profile
- Dan Seely, 40 (Anchorage police officer) and his two young children
- Method of murder
- Shooting
- Date(s) of murder
- October 27, 1996
- Years active
- 1996
- Date of arrest
- —
- Status
-
Died in custody
Committed suicide the same day; on 27 October 1996 Paul Ely Jr. went hunting for his estranged wife, left three dead and one wounded, and killed himself.
Background
Paul Ely Jr. was from Anchorage, Alaska. Christina Ely was his estranged wife. Paul Ely was involved in a domestic situation with Christina Ely and their children.
The offence
Paul Ely attacked a police officer who was responding to a domestic violence call. He shot his wife in the gut. He ran to a neighbor’s house with his two small children and killed them.
Investigation
A police officer responded to a domestic violence call.
Arrest
Paul Ely was not described as being arrested; he committed suicide.
Trial
No trial information was provided.
Sentencing
No sentencing information was provided.
Appeals
No appeals information was provided.
Outcome
Paul Ely committed suicide the same day. Seely, 40, died about an hour after the shooting. Christina Ely, 27, was hospitalized and is in stable condition. Three people died and one person was wounded.
The neighbor described the situation:
"I had heard that they had just gotten divorced and I know they had been having problems for more than a year because the kids would come to the bus stop and talk about the parents fighting," said one of the neighbors.
At the time of the rampage Paul was not living with Christina and the kids.
Other details
Paul Ely Jr. was described as going hunting for his estranged wife. The incident was described as occurring on 27 October 1996.
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