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Suspect arrested in fatal Kenai shooting

A Kenai man was arrested Tuesday for the murder of his mother. 

Kenai Police report being called to the scene of a shooting at a residence on 4th Avenues at about 3 p.m. Tuesday. Rita M. Green, age 51, of Kenai, was found dead of a gunshot. Nearby Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science was briefly put in lockdown mode while police searched for the suspect. Philip S. Green, age 22, of Kenai, was apprehended and arrested on a charge of murder in the first degree. He has been remanded to Wildwood Pretrial Facility.

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Jenny Neyman has been the general manager of KDLL since 2017. Before that she was a reporter and the Morning Edition host at KDLL.