A WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF THREE CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED DECEMBER 5 OF 2024 IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE YANKTON HIGH SCHOOL.
41-YEAR-OLD ANDREW JONDAHL WAS CONVICTED BY A YANKTON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT JURY FRIDAY ON TWO FELONY COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AND ONE MISDEMEANOR COUNT OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM ON SCHOOL PREMISES.
HE FACES A MAXIMUM PRISON SENTENCE OF AT LEAST 50 YEARS COMBINED ON THE FELONY COUNTS WHEN HE IS SENTENCED AT A LATER DATE.
THE INCIDENT BEGAN WHEN YANKTON POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL FOLLOWING A REPORT THAT JONDAHL WAS SEATED IN A VEHICLE IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT WITH A FIREARM ACROSS HIS LAP.
HE HAD BEEN ESCORTED FROM A SCHOOL EVENT, APPEARED TO BE INTOXICATED, AND WAS MAKING THREATS OF SELF-HARM.
WHEN JONDAHL EXITED THE VEHICLE, HE WAS HOLDING SHOTGUNS AND FACING THE OFFICERS IN A MANNER WHERE HE COULD HAVE FIRED AT THE OFFICERS.
TWO OFFICERS DISCHARGED THEIR FIREARMS, FIRING A TOTAL OF 14 .223-CALIBER ROUNDS.
JONDAHL SUSTAINED NON-LIFE-THREATENING GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
