Palmer man convicted of murder in road-rage shooting

A Palmer man was convicted this week on numerous charges, including murder and manslaughter, for a road-rage encounter that ended in a fatal shooting on Willow-Fishhook Road. Gavin Christiansen, now 41, chased 35-year-old Devin Moorhouse in his vehicle and fired numerous shots before ultimately killing him while on the phone with 911 dispatchers on Oct. 11, 2020, according to charges filed in the case. Christiansen was running as a Libertarian candidate for Alaska Senate District F that year. He had withdrawn from the race due to health complications prior to...