Alaska
Alaska state trooper killed in muskox attack outside his home: ‘Tragic loss for our state’
A state trooper in Alaska died Tuesday afternoon from a wild animal assault exterior his house.
The company reported Court docket Companies Officer Curtis Worland was fatally attacked by a muskox after making an attempt to scare a gaggle of them away from a canine kennel by his house, which was close to the city of Nome.
Worland, who was in his thirteenth 12 months of service, was declared useless on the scene.
Austin McDaniel, a spokesperson for the troopers, advised the Related Press he couldn’t instantly report what number of muskoxen have been within the group Worland was making an attempt to maintain away.
CAUSE OF INDIANA HOUSE FIRE THAT KILLED STATE TROOPER, DAUGHTER REMAINS UNKNOWN
Officer Curtis Worland, a court docket companies officer with the Alaska State Troopers, died Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, after he was attacked by a muskox exterior his house.
(Alaska State Troopers)
McDaniel added that court docket companies officers are regulation enforcement officers who present prisoner transport companies, courthouse safety and court docket doc companies.
In a information launch, the company mentioned Worland labored as a CSO on the Nome, Alaska State Trooper put up throughout his total profession, which started in December 2009.
“Curtis proudly wore the Court docket Companies Officer uniform and honorably served the individuals of Alaska for 13 years. He was a proud member of the Nome neighborhood and a devoted member of the Alaska regulation enforcement household,” Alaska Division of Public Security Commissioner James Cockrell mentioned in a information launch. “I hope that Alaskans will preserve Curtis’ household, pals, family members, and the Alaska State Troopers in your ideas as we course of this tragic loss for our state. He shall be sorely missed by the DPS household.”
PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN SENTENCED ON FIREARMS CHARGES IN STATE TROOPER DEATH
A skinny blue line is seen round an Alaska State Troopers badge because the company mourns the lack of Court docket Companies Officer Curtis Worland.
(Alaska State Troopers/Fb)
The Alaska State Troopers posted the next tribute to Worland on the company’s Fb web page Tuesday night:
“We’re deeply saddened to report that one among our personal, Court docket Companies Officer Curtis Worland, was tragically killed throughout a muskox assault close to Nome earlier as we speak. CSO Worland was trying to haze a gaggle of muskox close to his canine kennel at his house when he was attacked and fatally injured by a muskox. CSO Worland proudly wore the Court docket Companies Officer uniform and honorably served the individuals of Alaska for 13 years. He was a proud member of the Nome neighborhood and a devoted member of the Alaska regulation enforcement household, and he shall be sorely missed.”
FILE – A muskox stands at a specialty farm in Palmer, Alaska.
(AP Photograph/Mark Thiessen)
The Alaska Division of Fish and Sport mentioned muskoxen are stocky, long-haired animals with slight shoulder humps and horns. They’ll weigh as much as 800 kilos (363 kilograms).
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
The Alaska State Troopers, Alaska Wildlife Troopers and state Division of Fish and Sport are investigating the assault.
The Related Press contributed to this report.