RAPID CITY, S.D. — Police say Rapid City officers have fatally shot a man with a gun outside a casino.
Rapid City Police Chief Don Hedrick says it happened shortly after 10:30 p.m. MDT Tuesday after officers responded to reports of someone firing a gun in the casino’s parking lot. Hedrick says the man fired at officers when they arrived, and officers returned fire, killing the man. Officials say a patrol car was struck by gunfire, but no officers were hurt. The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is leading the investigation with assistance from the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office.
