A wellness test by Sioux Falls police Thursday night time escalated right into a battle with a person wielding a knife and ended with the person being shot to loss of life by an officer.
Names haven’t been launched. A number of officers suffered minor accidents.
Sioux Falls Police Chief Jon Thum says officers responding to the decision about 10:45 pm have been confronted by the topic of their test, who had a knife.
Chief Thum says the officers talked to the person in an unsuccessful effort to calm him down, then tried to incapacitate him with beanbag rounds and stun weapons.
These additionally failed and the confrontation was a bodily battle which ended when one officer fired. Medical assist was rendered instantly and the person was taken to a hospital the place he was pronounced lifeless.
The South Dakota Division of Legal Investigation is dealing with the case with the concerned officers positioned on administrative go away till the DCI finishes its work.
Chief Thum says “it’s clearly tragic after we take care of these conditions (as a result of) lack of life is lack of life, regardless of the circumstances.
