Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews
Dec 15, 2020 10:53 AM
A handful of charges have been filed against the 19 year old suspect in an early morning shooting yesterday (5:45am Dec. 14, 2020) in rural Hughes County.
Information from the Hughes County Sheriff’s Office says Juan Manuel Pinela has been charged with Aggravated Assault, Reckless Discharge of a Firearm, Ingestion of a Controlled Substance, Zero Tolerance DUI, Failure to Report an Accident (traffic) and Driving While License Suspended.
Sheriff Darin Johnson says Pinela shot the 21 year old male victim in the chest with a handgun at Pinela’s residence in the northeastern part of the county. A 19 year old female witness called 911. The victim was taken by ambulance to Avera St. Mary’s Hospital in Pierre, then was air lifted to Sioux Falls with serious injuries.
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Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews
Dec 14, 2020 1:38 PM
A 21 year old man was flown to a Sioux Falls Hospital and a 19 year old male is in custody after a shooting about 5:45am today (Dec. 14, 2020) in rural Hughes County.
Sheriff Darin Johnson says the suspect shot the male victim in the chest with a handgun at a residence in the northeastern part of the county. A 19 year old female witness called 911.
The victim was taken by ambulance to Avera St. Mary’s Hospital in Pierre, then was air lifted to Sioux Falls with serious injuries.
Johnson says the shooter left the scene in a vehicle before law enforcement arrived, but was located just before 8am, walking, after he had crashed his vehicle about 1.5 miles from the residence. He was taken into custody and transported to Avera St. Mary’s Hospital to be treated for minor injuries from the crash. He was released about noon and was taken to the Hughes County Jail with various charges pending.
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.