AUTHORITIES HAVE RELEASED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FATAL SHOOTINGS OF THREE PEOPLE MONDAY NIGHT IN CENTERVILLE, SOUTH DAKOTA.
THE FORMER MAYOR OF CENTERVILLE, 64-YEAR-OLD JAY OSTREM, IS IN CUSTODY FOR ALLEGEDLY WALKING TO A NEARBY NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE AND KILLING THREE PEOPLE INSIDE THE RESIDENCE.
COURT DOCUMENTS STATE THAT ONE OF THE VICTIMS CALLED 9-1-1 AROUND 9:45 P.M. SAYING THEY HAD BEEN SHOT, AND A FAMILY MEMBER HAD ALSO BEEN SHOT AND KILLED.
A GAME, FISH AND PARKS OFFICER SPOTTED OSTREM OUTSIDE THE RESIDENCE, ARMED WITH A HANDGUN AND AN AR-STYLE RIFLE.
OSTREM HAD SPENT SHELL CASINGS ON HIM, AND THE OFFICER REPORTED SMELLING ALCOHOL COMING FROM THE SUSPECT.
OSTREM IS BEING HELD ON A ONE-MILLION-DOLLAR CASH-ONLY BOND IN THE MINNEHAHA COUNTY JAIL ON THREE COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
