TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT ON A RURAL FARM NEAR HORNICK IN AN INCIDENT THAT BEGAN SUNDAY EVENING AND ENDED EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
WOODBURY COUNTY DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A REPORTED SHOOTING AT 2595 OLD HIGHWAY 141 SUNDAY EVENING AROUND 7:30 P.M.
DEPUTIES LEARNED THERE WAS A VICTIM AND ARMED SUSPECT ON THE PROPERTY AND BEGAN COMMUNICATING.WITH THE SUSPECT.
THAT STANDOFF ENDED AROUND 2:45 A.M. THIS (MONDAY) MORNING WHEN THE SUSPECT FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS AT TACTICAL TEAMS WHO WERE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY.
JUST BEFORE THE REPORTED SHOOTING SUNDAY, AROUND 6:55 P.M., DISPATCHERS RECEIVED A CALL THAT LIVESTOCK WERE RUNNING LOOSE AT THE SAME RESIDENCE.
UPDATED 12:10 PM 10/30/23
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WOODBURY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE CALLED TO 2595 OLD HIGHWAY 141 SUNDAY NIGHT AT 7:31 FOR A REPORTED SHOOTING.
SHERIFF CHAD SHEEHAN SAYS DEPUTIES RESPONDED AND LEARNED THERE WAS A SHOOTING VICTIM ON THE PROPERTY. THEY LOCATED THE SUSPECT AND BEGAN TO SPEAK TO HIM.
AROUND 2:45 MONDAY MORNING, THE SUSPECT FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS AT TACTICAL TEAMS WHO WERE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY.
A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON REGARDING THE INCIDENT THAT IS DESCRIBED AS A HOMICIDE AND OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING.
