Man found dead of gunshot wound on Sioux Falls street Follow Us
Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Thursday, December 31, 2020
SIOX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Authorities say a man was found dead with a gunshot wound to the chest in a western Sioux Falls neighborhood. The Argus Leader reports police responded to a call around 11:43 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a person lying in the street. Police Lt. Terrance Matia identified the victim as 27-year-old Mitchell James Houchins.
Police said the man was pronounced dead at a Sioux Falls hospital. Matia said police are certain it’s a homicide and not a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) Sioux Falls Police are investigating another homicide.
Around midnight, someone called 9-1-1 to say there was a body in the middle of the road in the area of the 6500 block of South Meadows Place near Sandalwood Place.
Police say video shows numerous vehicles drove by but did not render aid for nearly a half-hour before the police got the call.
The victim is Mitchell James Houchins, 27.
He had a gunshot wound to the chest. Houchins was declared dead at a Sioux Falls hospital.
Lt. Terrance Matia said at Thursday morning’s police briefing that the department needs the public’s help in solving the homicide. He said it isn’t “just” a police matter but of concern to the entire community.