POLICE IN YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA HAVE ARRESTED A MAN WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED IN A FATAL SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IN THAT CITY.
OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE SACRED HEART EMERGENCY ROOM SHORTLY AFTER 6 A.M. FOR A MALE VICTIM WHO HAD ARRIVED WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND.
THE UNIDENTIFIED MALE LATER DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.
THE INVESTIGATION LED POLICE TO THE 1900 BLOCK OF LOCUST WHERE THEY SECURED A RESIDENCE AND DETERMINED A HANDGUN WAS INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT,
20 YEAR OLD CODY JAMES AUCH WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER AND RECKLESS DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM/POSSESSION OF A LOADED FIREARM WHILE INTOXICATED.
THE INCIDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY YANKTON POLICE, THE SOUTH DAKOTA DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, AND THE YANKTON COUNTY SHERIFF.
UPDATED 8:31PM 9/24/23
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POLICE IN YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA ARE INVESTIGATING A FATAL SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IN THAT CITY.
OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE SACRED HEART EMERGENCY ROOM SHORTLY AFTER 6 A.M. FOR A MALE WHO HAD ARRIVED WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND.
THE MALE LATER DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.
THE INVESTIGATION LED POLICE TO THE 1900 BLOCK OF LOCUST WHERE THEY SECURED A RESIDENCE AND DETERMINED A HANDGUN WAS INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT,
A PERSON OF INTEREST IS IN CUSTODY AND YANKTON POLICE SAY THERE IS NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC.
THE INCIDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY YANKTON POLICE, THE SOUTH DAKOTA DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, AND THE YANKTON COUNTY SHERIFF.
