A 21-year-old man was shot in the chest early Monday morning at a residence in northeast Hughes County by a 19-year-old man who used a handgun and is an acquaintance, according to the investigation so far, Hughes County Sheriff Darin Johnson said in a news release.
Johnson said a 911 call came in at 5:46 a.m., Monday, Dec. 14, made by a 19-year-old woman who witnessed the shooting.
By the time law enforcement officers got to the scene, the shooter had left in a vehicle.
The victim was taken by ambulance to Avera St. Maryâs Hospital in Pierre then airlifted to Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls âwith serious injuries,â according to Johnson.