SOUTH DAKOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL MARTY JACKLEY CONFIRMS THAT THE STATE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AT THE REQUEST OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY PATROL IS INVESTIGATING AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED EARLY WEDNESDAY IN STURGIS.
ONE PERSON WAS INJURED. THE OFFICERS INVOLVED WERE NOT INJURED.
ATTORNEY GENERAL JACKLEY SAID THE D-C-I IS WORKING WITH STATE, LOCAL AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE INVESTIGATION.
JACKLEY SAYS THE HIGHWAY PATROL IS COOPERATING IN THE INVESTIGATION.
NO DETAILS OF EXACTLY WHAT LED TO THE SHOOTING HAVE BEEN RELEASED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Updated 4:49pm 8/9/23
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AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER AT THE 83RD ANNUAL STURGIS MOTORCYCLE RALLY IN SOUTH DAKOTA’S BLACK HILLS.
FROM FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING, 71 D-U-I ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE, THAT’S SIX FEWER THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
THE NUMBER OF FELONY DRUG ARRESTS NEARLY DOUBLED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS FROM 35 TO 68, WHICH IS 18 MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.
MISDEMEANOR DRUG ARRESTS INCREASED FROM 81 TO 118 IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, 38 MORE THAN IN 2022.
793 TRAFFIC CITATIONS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN SO FAR, 72 MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
A TOTAL OF 32 INJURY ACCIDENTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE, TWO MORE THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
NO MORE TRAFFIC FATALITIES HAVE OCCURRED AT THE RALLY SINCE TWO OCCURRED ON SUNDAY.
