ONE MAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING A FATAL SHOOTING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING IN SOUTH SIOUX CITY.
POLICE THERE SAY OFFICERS AND EMS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE FLATWATER CROSSING APARTMENTS JUST BEFORE 4:30 A.M. AND FOUND A 24 YEAR OLD MALE, DECEASED, WITH AN APPARENT GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE CHEST.
INVESTIGATORS FOUND THAT THE VICTIM HAD BEEN SHOT BY A SECOND MALE OCCUPANT WHO WAS HANDLING A FIREARM AND ALLEGEDLY UNINTENTIONALLY SHOT THE VICTIM.
POLICE SAY ALCOHOL IS BELIEVED TO BE A INVOLVED.
INVESTIGATORS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED TOBIAS THOMAS OF SIOUX CITY ON A CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.
THOMAS IS CURRENTLY HELD IN THE DAKOTA COUNTY JAIL.
THE INVESTIGATION REMAINS ONGOING.
